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Comments: My legs felt great the whole time. I had told myself to not run as fast as I could- it was supposed to be a training run- but once I got on the course, I took off. Since I started waaaaay at the back, I had a TON of people to pass, but it was kind of like a video game- dodging in and out of people. It took almost 6 miles to get to my paced people, but I still ended up passing people till the finishline. Good ego boost, I suppose! Unfortunately, since I started so late, I ended up running 13.43 miles in 1:40:17 (according to garmin), so my 'real' pace was 7:27min/mile, even though that's not my chip time. Oh well! The only reason that really matters is because I 'could've' gotten 5th place, 32nd for women and also a PR, but I'm a dumbass and didn't get to the race on time, so I lose! I know I got a PR for myself, even though it won't be 'official.' More importantly, I got to start with my parents on their first race ever. My parents successfully finished their first half marathon walking at a pace of 16:35min/mile and had a finishing time of 3:37:17 :) I'm so proud! What would you do differently?: Never do a race in LA again....and get to the race 2 hours before it starts. Oops! Good thing I screwed up this race and not my HIM in 2 weeks.  Post race
Warm down: Ha! Not much of a warm-down. After I drank some water and ate a banana, I just happened to find my parents on the course at mile 6, so I walked with them for 1.5miles, then ran back to the finish area. After walking another 1.5miles to the car to get all our stuff, I got back in time to see them 'run' across the finish. They're so cute! After that, we walked around the Long Beach aquarium. In total, my legs feel like they did about 20miles today! What limited your ability to perform faster: Having to go sideways more often than forwards for the first 3 miles :) I ran about as fast as I could, considering I had already rode for 45min in the morning. Event comments: The only thing I would tell the RD is to print in big BOLD letters that you need to plan at least 2 hours to get to the race. Last updated: 2006-10-01 12:00 AM
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Age Group = 20-24
Age Group Rank = 6/244
I had to use this race as part of my HIM training, so I got up at 4:45am and rode my bike for 45min in the dark around Manhattan Beach. When I got back, I ate breakfast with my parents and we drove to Long Beach. The drive was terrible and I completely underestimated how bad the traffic would be to get to the race, grrr....
Considering it took twice as long as anticipated to get to the race, my warm-up consisted of going to the bathroom and walking with my parents to the start (7 minutes after the gun went off). We weren't the last ones to cross the start- woo-hoo! We got to start the race together, and they were very excited to be there.