Mulberry Island Run - RunHalf Marathon


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Newport News, Virginia
United States
Ft. Eustis MWR
75F / 24C
Sunny
Total Time = 1h 44m 20s
Overall Rank = 57/231
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 7/16
Pre-race routine:

Arrived to the race 2 1/2 hours early, had a pop-tart 2 hours prior to start and a package of sport beans 30 minute.
Event warmup:

After my normal stretches, I did a 20 minute warm-up that included 5 X 100 meter strides after the 10 minute mark.
Run
  • 1h 44m 20s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 07m 58s  min/mile
Comments:

started off and was right where I wanted to be at each of the first 5K points. I thought this would put in a good place to go faster the second half of the race which I did but it didn't get me the over all time I had hoped for BUT still PR-ed by 24 seconds.
What would you do differently?:

Not sure, there was not much left in the tank at the finish line and I think if I had picked the pace up earlier I would of not been in a good place to finish liked I did
Post race
Warm down:

10 minute easy run and some light stretching

What limited your ability to perform faster:

my low back tightened up some during the last half of the course as well as my right hip and during the last mile both calves started to cramp. The calf issue very well could be due to the new racing flats. The was noticeable but not bothersome or painful.

Event comments:

ok race for 30 bucks. my watch time was a few seconds faster and I started it when the gun went off and when I entered the racing shoot. They used manual timing. No real post race activity some fruit water and Gatorade.




Last updated: 2012-08-10 12:00 AM
Running
01:44:20 | 13.1 miles | 07m 58s  min/mile
Age Group: 7/16
Overall: 57/231
Performance: Good
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/225547589 I thought I had packed my heart rate monitor but didn't
Course: Flat course with two turn-around points. very nice course
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
Physical exertion [1-5] 4
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: Below average
Race evaluation [1-5] 3