St. George Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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St. George,
United States
St George Marathon
40F / 4C
Precipitation
 		Total Time = 1h 32m 4s
Overall Rank = 84/1400
Age Group = 35-39
Age Group Rank = 16/92
Pre-race routine:

Granola for breakfast
Event warmup:

Sit under the bridge trying to stay out of the rain
Run
  • 1h 32m 4s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 07m 02s  min/mile
Comments:

Cold rain to start the run. Slow first mile to warm up. Hadn't planned on any sort of pace but since the weather was throwing a wrench in our MT biking plans I decided to go for it at mile 2. Ran an 8 min mile first mile. Since I started in the back of the pack so I was dodging runners up to the first Aid station. That's where I dropped the jacket and picked up the pace. Wasn't too concerned about pace until the last 3-4 miles when I realized I was on track for a new PR and stepped it up. ran a 6:40 for the last mile and felt pretty good.
What would you do differently?:

Warm up and start at a quicker pace. Good PR by 10+ minutes. First race I have ever run for time....even tho that's not the way it started.
Post race
Warm down:

Walk and get out of the rain.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Poor warmup in the cold weather.

Event comments:

Good fun race to get the year started.




Last updated: 2012-04-30 12:00 AM
Running
01:32:04 | 13.1 miles | 07m 02s  min/mile
Age Group: 16/92
Overall: 84/1400
Performance: Good
AVG HR 162
Course: First 7-8 miles is slightly uphill. One good climb then a steady descent.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Bad
Mental exertion [1-5] 2
Physical exertion [1-5] 5
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