Long Beach International Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Long Beach, California
United States
 		Total Time = 2h 12m 50s
Overall Rank = 2262/5580
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 210/319
Pre-race routine:

Up at 5:00am, ate oatmeal and had some emergen c. Seems thest two items are becoming my regular pre-race routine. Although, I won't be going Lucielle's again for a carbo load dinner the night before. Need more carbs instead of ribs.
Event warmup:

Got to the race area about 1hr before the start. Stretched and used the restroom.
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Comments:

I was pretty confident going into the race since i had quite a bit of mileage under my belt from the Triathlon season. I am not sure what the cause was but i didn't feel to well after about mile 5. Just felt sluggish and couldn't get into a good rythem. I had considered signing up for the full mararthon but decided against it. Thank God. As i hit the fork in the road for the Halfer to go one way and the Fullers to go another, I couldn't imagine having to go another 13.1 miles!!
What would you do differently?:

Change my racing eve dinner to a more carb based meal instead of BBQ. I normally go for pasta but got out voted by the kids this time.
Post race
Warm down:

Walked around and had some bananas, water and oranges.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Need more training and different race eve meal.

Event comments:

I am not that fast of a runner to beging w/, but I beat my PR by 12 minutes, and I was able to run the whole race w/ out walking.




Last updated: 2006-10-12 12:00 AM
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Age Group: 0/319
Overall: 0/5580
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