Amica Iron Horse Half Marathon - Run


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Simsbury, Connecticut
United States
Hartford Marathon Foundation
53F / 12C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 1h 51m 31s
Overall Rank = 312/1077
Age Group = CLY
Age Group Rank = 13/54
Pre-race routine:

Went to bed by 11pm. Got woken by son at 6:25am. Drank water. Used bathroom. Drove to packet pickup. Used porta potty.
Event warmup:

Got out of car, back muscle hurt. Saw a free chair massage and got one. No stretching. Attempted high knees briefly before massage and it hurt. Into corral with 2 minutes to spare.
Run
  • 1h 51m 31s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 08m 31s  min/mile
Comments:

Loved this run. I ran a Full Marathon one week prior. Weather was perfect. Course was perfect, but if I had trained for the Half instead of the Full, I think my training would have also been perfect.
What would you do differently?:

If I was looking to PR on this course, maybe I wouldnt do a FM the week before. Sleeveless shirt also felt long and drenched by the end. Considering a smaller (shorter) size. Maybe shorter shorts? I sweat a lot. And this was a cool day.
Post race
Warm down:

Walked around. Did some stairs.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Didnt exactly taper for HM.

Event comments:

Excellent medals, shirts, good food, great organization. I have gone to HM events that were a better value for the food and cost. Porta pottys and water were very easy to find on the course. I loved the course timing clocks. But the 5K started about 10 minutes sooner, so it was easy to think you were running 10 minutes behind, at least for a moment.




Last updated: 2014-06-04 12:00 AM
Running
01:51:31 | 13.1 miles | 08m 31s  min/mile
Age Group: 13/54
Overall: 54/1077
Performance: Good
Course: Great course. Very flat. About 6 small hills.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
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] 4