Half at the Hamptons - Run


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Hampton Beach, New Hampshire
United States
LOCO Sports
25F / -4C
Precipitation
 		Total Time = 2h 22m 29s
Overall Rank = 741/831
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 65/74
Pre-race routine:

Ate breakfast, bread with banana and peanut butter. Kent drove me out. Walked around, met up with a friend I made during screening of "Spirit of the Marathon". She was much faster than me.
Event warmup:

Walking around. Trying to stay warm. Predicted to snow, sleet.
Run
  • 2h 22m 29s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 10m 53s  min/mile
Comments:

I tried to do run with walk intervals. Before mile 6 there was an ambulance. Someone died on the course. Very sad. Then it snowed, sleeted, freezing rain. At one point I had my head down to protect myself from the weather that I never saw the photographer--and he didn't see me. Around mile 10-ish my string broke on my sporthill pants, and the freezing rain quickly soaked them so they were getting heavy and starting to slide down my hips. I would run a few steps and hike them up. By the end of the run I was so cold I was nauseous and couldn't take my chip off without help.
What would you do differently?:

NOT RUN IN THE WINTER IN NEW ENGLAND! Omg!!
Post race
Warm down:

Walked around, stretched, got some hot cocoa. Bailed to Planet Fitness ASAP to take a hot shower. OMG.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

The broken string and falling pants and the cold and sleet and freezing rain. Almost getting nailed by a wave that breached the seawall didn't help matters!

Event comments:

It was a PR for me but mentally the second toughest race I have done to date.




Last updated: 2014-03-25 12:00 AM
Running
02:22:29 | 13.1 miles | 10m 53s  min/mile
Age Group: 65/74
Overall: 741/831
Performance: Good
Course: Fairly flat, some hilly sections, cold. At mile 6 started to snow. At mile 8 started to sleet. By mile ten it was freezing rain.
Keeping cool Bad Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
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] 4