KY History Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Frankfort, Kentucky
United States
50F / 10C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 2h 00m 59s
Overall Rank = 35/194
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 1/24
Pre-race routine:

woke at 5:45am, had coffee, bagel w. cream cheese & gatorade. Drove 1 hour to race, arrived 7;10am to get packet, bathroom, etc. Race started at 8am.
Event warmup:

no warmup, just dynamic hip stretches
Run
  • 2h 00m 59s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 09m 14s  min/mile
Comments:

Run was very good. The only problem was I was sick to my stomach for the rest of the day (threw up once and had the trots the rest of the day).
What would you do differently?:

eat a little less before the race (1/2 bagel). Perhaps try staying with the 2 hour group for motivation. I fell back after 2 miles because I was worried about going out too fast, but maybe I could have handled it?
Post race
Warm down:

none

What limited your ability to perform faster:

hills

Event comments:

This is a small but well-run and beautiful race in the capitol of Kentucky. I really like it. Of course, it helps I won my age group!




Last updated: 2017-10-01 12:00 AM
Running
02:00:59 | 13.1 miles | 09m 14s  min/mile
Age Group: 2/24
Overall: 0/194
Performance: Good
1-8:59 - with 2 hour pace group - flat 2-8:58 - - flat 3-9:14 - up&around capitol building- dropped off group 4-9:45 - up big hill to cemetary (really off pace here) 5-9:44 - into cemetary & rolling hills in cemetary 6-8:18-out of cemetary & down hill - flew thru here. 7-9:30 - relatively downhill & flat thru downtown (got stitch here? - why so slow?) 8- 9:07 - ***critical mile in which I bore down & pushed thru stitch after water stop 9-9:29- over bridge & along river, rolling hills 10-9:02 - bore down again, strong mile (turnaround at 9.7 was motivating) 11-9:38- pushed thru another mile, not sure why so slow? 12-9:12- trying to really do it here. 13.1 - 10:00 - this was a tough end, but I pushed hard since this is a 9:05/mile pace.
Course: VERY hilly course. 1 massive hill during mile 4, also long & slow hill during 3. rolling hills 9-13.
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] 4