Cross Ridge Community Hospital Midsouth Marathon & Half Marathon - RunMarathon


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Wynn, Arkansas
United States
Cross County Ramblers
52F / 11C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 4h 02m 1s
Overall Rank = 55/151
Age Group = M 40-44
Age Group Rank = 9/14
Pre-race routine:

Small coffee, cereal and bottle of sustained energy
Event warmup:

None
Run
  • 4h 02m 1s
  • 26.2 miles
  • 09m 14s  min/mile
Comments:

I was pacing Ruth Anne who wanted to attempt to qualify for Boston here. She needed a 3:50:59 or better and her previous best was 4:09. I was concerned with my ability to run more than a minute slower than my normal pace but that turned out OK. What got us was the wind. We faced a pretty good head wind going out and looked forward to a tail wind coming back. Instead, we discovered that it had been cross wind that was twice as strong coming back. It took a huge mental toll and worse we both cramped do to dehydration in the final 4 miles. She PR'd at 4:00:02 and is feeling OK about the race.
What would you do differently?:

As the "pace manager" I should have realized the fluid requirements and actively increased water and Gatoraid consumption during the race. With the rolling hills, keeping an even pace was difficult but she had Boston up until mile 21 and couldn't maintain the pace with cramps.
Post race
Warm down:

Walking around the awards and bar-b-q area.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Cramps

Event comments:

I recommend this race to anyone looking for a small town marathon with great atmosphere and great organization.




Last updated: 2006-06-21 12:00 AM
Running
04:02:01 | 26.2 miles | 09m 14s  min/mile
Age Group: 9/14
Overall: 55/151
Performance: Good
Two mile markers were off so I've posted Garmin splits. 8:32 8:54 8:22 8:20 8:13 8:37 8:28 8:34 8:38 8:45 8:34 8:36 8:50 9:03 8:55 9:12 8:45 9:10 9:09 9:00 9:12 11:15 10:16 12:57 10:18 9:47
Course: Beautiful out and back on country roads. Fall colors were brilliant almost to the point of distraction!
Keeping cool Good Drinking Not enough
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
Good race?
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] 4