Orlando Half Marathon - Run


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Orlando, Florida
United States
Track Shack
70F / 21C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 2h 23m 20s
Overall Rank = 2056/3334
Age Group = W 30-34
Age Group Rank = 168/302
Pre-race routine:

Honey Stinger waffle,iced coffee w sugar and LF milk, 1/2 banana, woke up a bit later than I should have.
Event warmup:

walking almost 1 mile
Run
  • 2h 23m 20s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 10m 56s  min/mile
Comments:

since this was a fun race and not a serious race, and since it was my season ender, I decided to go a little harder during my easy 2/3. I shot for increasing my pace every single mile with the last 5k @ best effort. The result was that the race was very, very hard. But that was also because of the humidity.
What would you do differently?:

I would stick with a first SLOW third at a steady slow pace before increasing pace. At the end of the race I was unable to increase further and if I'd stayed in the 11's for 5 miles or so, then worked into 10s, perhaps the last few miles could have been 9s.
Post race
Warm down:

Walking back about a mile.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

HEAT AND HUMIDITY! horrible!

Event comments:

Has really become a world-class race in the past few years with bag drop, very organized, good giveways and finally improved tech tee. Just need to do a better job of organizing the free beer line!




Last updated: 2013-11-06 12:00 AM
Running
02:23:20 | 13.1 miles | 10m 56s  min/mile
Age Group: 168/302
Overall: 302/3334
Performance: Average
172 avg? Not sure if this is possible. Except the last mile, I ran this race progressively faster every single mile.
Course: Flat as flat can be.
Keeping cool Average Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 5
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: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 5