Heritage Trail Marathon - Run15k


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West Lafayette, Indiana
United States
Planet Adventure
42F / 6C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 1h 45m 8s
Overall Rank = 47/64
Age Group = 40-49
Age Group Rank = 5/9
Pre-race routine:

The night before the race, we met Julia "Gotta Run" for dinner and visited her local tri store. It was great to finally meet her and she gave us a really good run down about the trail.

No good sleep the night before--between the snoring (hubby) and the dog waking me up, it was a very fitful night. Bowl of cereal & coffee in the morning. Felt pretty good considering.
Event warmup:

Not much. Just a little jogging and stretching, but nothing very serious. No extra energy to waste :-) Had a gel 10 minutes before the race started.
Run
  • 1h 45m 8s
  • 9.3 miles
  • 11m 18s  min/mile
Comments:

Aid station at 3.28 (1/4 marathon turn around) Stumbled BIG TIME coming in to this aid station and nearly hit the deck. Always has to happen in front of a crowd! Next aid station was at 4.65 (15k turn around). Tried water and coke here--all good, but no gel. Hit the final aid station and had two cups of heed. The last 2.5 miles were hard work.
What would you do differently?:

Should have taken a gel with me. The website said they would have gel at the aid stations, but they didn't.

I wouldn't do anything differently. I paced myself well today and was able to RUN the entire race with decreasing splits for each mile in the second half of the race. It's the first time I've run anything near this distance since April. I'm a happy camper.
Post race
Warm down:

Eat, drink, walk around, repeat. Waited for awards so hubby could get his hardware for winning his age group!

Event comments:

I love Planet Adventure races.




Last updated: 2012-09-25 12:00 AM
Running
01:45:08 | 9.3 miles | 11m 18s  min/mile
Age Group: 5/9
Overall: 0/64
Performance: Good
Course: Perfect conditions. Dry, cool, sunny. Course starts out on paved path for about .5 mi. then hits the trail. Some areas of loose sand (glad Julia gave me the "heads up" about this). Just a couple short steep climbs, but really flat compared to what I expected.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
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