Santa Clarita Half Marathon - Run


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Santa Clarita, California
United States
City of Santa Clarita
50F / 10C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 2h 16m 15s
Overall Rank = 831/1530
Age Group = 45-49
Age Group Rank = 76/103
Pre-race routine:

get up 1.5 hours before the race start , drink water , use bodyglide on liikely chaffing areas . and hit the bathroom . Ate a small bowl of shreeded wheat and milk , Got dressed with running shorts and club singlet topped with overalls and drove to race site parked car 150m from the start line . Used the blue Ghost shoes i had bought for shorter races. They have worked quite well and i now own 3 pairs .
Event warmup:

Walked around the car in my seats then decided with 20 mins to go that i should shed the outer layer and jog down to the race start and find all my buddies
Lined up at the back near the 4:20 pacer . I was thinking that 2:20 was on the cards for today based on recent 10k splits at triathlon and standalone
Run
  • 2h 16m 15s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 10m 24s  min/mile
Comments:

Ran it pretty hard for 4 miles backed off and ran with some friends from 4 to 8 which was great as i did not even realize we were clicking away the distance . then sped up and passed folks all the way to the finish line . Took water and gatorade at almost every aid station , i carried 4 gels and a water bottle which i used mostly on my head to keep cool .
Mile 1 -2 19:41
Mile 3 9:48
Mile 4 10:01
Mile 5 10:23
Mile 6 11:10
Mile 7 11:17
Mile 8 11:15
Mile 9 11:22 (uphill)
Mile 10 9:45 (downhill)
Mile 11 10:08
Mile 12 9:45
Mile 13 10:23 (over 2 paseo bridges)
Mile 13.1 1:11 (sprint last 50m )
What would you do differently?:

Loose weight . Thought i arrived fresh at the start (good taper) and felt like i had an extra gear which i used to pass to run straighter lines on the course , i thought i shaved the tangents well to minimized running any extra distance as there are a lot of curves on the course
Post race
Warm down:

walked, stretched drank water and ate sample sized power bars at the finish line ,
walked 1/2 mile back to the car , once home showered , drank choc milk ate a nice breakfast eggs bacon toast & tea

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Loose weight , i would benefit from track workouts

Event comments:

Fantastic enthusiastic volunteer stations , well marked course , would be nice to get a gel station around mile 7 .




Last updated: 2013-10-15 12:00 AM
Running
02:16:15 | 13.1 miles | 10m 24s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/103
Overall: 0/1530
Performance: Good
Course: pretty flat with the biggest hill right out of the gate , after that pretty soft grades with rise from mile 5 to mile 9 . Downhill form mile 9 to 12 last mile pretty tough with two overpass bridges and 90 turns
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %-2%
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 5
Physical exertion [1-5] 5
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: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 5