Securian Winter Run - Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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St. Paul, Minnesota
United States
Anderson Race Management
19F / -7C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 1h 35m 21s
Overall Rank = 115/831
Age Group = 45-49 Men
Age Group Rank = 13/73
Pre-race routine:

Very bad night sleeping. Woke up at 4:00. Got a little sleep between 5:45 and 6:30. Got up at 6:30, at a banana and two scrambled eggs with guacamole and coffee. Got dressed, drove 40 minutes to St. Paul. Got there about 45 minutes before race. Used porta-potty. Picked up packet inside lobby, checked wallet and keys. Went outside and got Garmin fired about 8:45. Went back inside but near window.
Event warmup:

Jumped around and shook arms.
Run
  • 1h 35m 21s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 07m 17s  min/mile
Comments:

first two miles around streets of St. Paul. Then down to River Road (Shepard). Shepard was hillier than I remember.
What would you do differently?:

I was worried about being able to keep the pace into the headwind and blowing up later. I should have been more aggressive miles 3 through 7.
Post race
Warm down:

Ate the free stuff they gave. Stretched a little. Walked to car and drove home.

Event comments:

Please have the tops taken off the water bottles.




Last updated: 2012-01-28 12:00 AM
Running
01:35:21 | 13.1 miles | 07m 17s  min/mile
Age Group: 13/73
Overall: 115/831
Performance: Good
see http://connect.garmin.com/activity/145252774. I ran 13.26 miles according to Garmin. Splits were 1 7:10 2 7:13 3 7:17 (headwind until turnaround) 4 7:17 5 7:19 6 7:20 7 7:27 (uphill and big headwind) 8 7:15 (turnaround and tailwind rest of way) 9 7:15 10 7:16 11 6:59 12 6:58 13 6:53 14 6:51
Course:
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 5
Physical exertion [1-5] 4
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 5