Outer Banks Southern Fried Half Marathon - Run


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Nags Head, North Carolina
United States
Outer Banks Sporting Events
55F / 13C
Overcast
 		Total Time = 2h 22m 41s
Overall Rank = 1378/2475
Age Group = 30-35F
Age Group Rank = 122/232
Pre-race routine:

Bagel, coffee, banana, and 1.5 mile walk from the house to the start line.
Event warmup:

Jogging the last quarter mile to the start when we heard the countdown to the first corral and were still not there :-P
Run
  • 2h 22m 41s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 10m 53s  min/mile
Comments:

Just ran, drank water when I needed it, took Gatorade when they offered it, and just enjoyed my time. Made sure to start slow - ran with the 2:30 pacer until about the 5k mark then just kept my eye on some slightly faster people to tag along to and follow on. It was a great time.
What would you do differently?:

Train?
Post race
Warm down:

Find friends, find beer line, do the wobble, go through beer line about 6 more times, dance more.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Training. This wasn't that bad, actually, considering!

Event comments:

My ONLY complaint is that the mile markers were NOT at the actual miles...they were just whereverrr? and it made me a little crazy. There were enough water stops but if it had been maybe 5 or 10 degrees warmer I would have needed more.

However, the course was beautiful and the finish line celebration were amazing. I had a blast running another half with Jen.




Last updated: 2014-11-11 12:00 AM
Running
02:22:41 | 13.1 miles | 10m 53s  min/mile
Age Group: 122/232
Overall: 1378/2475
Performance: Good
10K point at 1:08:43
Course: Point to point from Nags Head to Manteo, completely flat except for the bridge at mile 10-ish (I wouldn't know cause milemarkers were kind of wherever anyone wanted to throw them)
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
Physical exertion [1-5] 4
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] 5