Stampede Road Race Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Calgary, Alberta
Canada
Strides Running Store
25C / 77F
Sunny
 		Total Time = 1h 36m 51s
Overall Rank = 44/585
Age Group = M30-39
Age Group Rank = 20/95
Pre-race routine:

Painted the deck/drank some beer and ate burgers the day before, so wasn't too hungry this morning. Ate 60cal of arrowroot cookies.

Event warmup:

Need to get 27k today so jogged 2k before race
Run
  • 1h 36m 51s
  • 21.1 kms
  • 04m 35s  min/km
Comments:

I'm in week 5 of Pfitz 50/18, and chose to take no days off for this race, including 8k run on Sat. In hindsight probably not a great idea, but marathon is A race.


What would you do differently?:

Maybe taper for 3 days? It really sucked running that beat.

Post race
Warm down:

Ran another 2K then found wife/kids and stuck around for kids race!!


What limited your ability to perform faster:

Beat from training sched.

Event comments:

Hard to taper for any races without screwing the marathon plan. 2 weeks from now is even worse - 29k run on the same day as my mud hero obstacle race. Want to taper a few days, but don't want to miss training targets.






Last updated: 2012-05-28 12:00 AM
Running
01:36:51 | 21.1 kms | 04m 35s  min/km
Age Group: 20/95
Overall: 44/585
Performance: Below average
First 8K were sub 4:15 then crashed and went with 4:30 with a few walks (hills, water stations)
Course: Hilly Glenmore res path.
Keeping cool Average Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 2
Physical exertion [1-5] 2
Good race? Ok
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 4