Hospital Hill Run Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Kansas City, Missouri
United States
Hospital Hill Run
62F / 17C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 1h 53m 58s
Overall Rank = 1040/
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 96/
Event warmup:

Jogged a little between the parking lot at Union Station and the starting line.
Run
  • 1h 53m 58s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 08m 42s  min/mile
Comments:

Ran maybe just a bit harder than I should have on the first half. I was feeling good and went out ahead of the 1:55 pace group. They caught me at about mile 8 and by mile 9 I was thinking I was going to get dropped, but got a second wind at about mile 11 and passed them back up. The last half mile is a great finish, nice and downhill I had a great finish.
What would you do differently?:

Get back in better shape, especially losing some weight.
Post race
Warm down:

Had to go to a baseball game, so I pretty much went from the finish line to the car.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

I really did as well as I could have expected seeing as I hadn't run more that ~7 miles for a couple of months and really didn't train for a half at all.

Event comments:

Very well run race (though I felt sorry for the poor guy singing the nation anthem before the race, maybe the worst performance ever).




Last updated: 2012-05-23 12:00 AM
Running
01:53:58 | 13.1 miles | 08m 42s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/
Performance: Good
Course: Hilly (duh), but a really nice course. There were a couple of nasty hazards/pot holes that should have been marked a little better.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
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