Chickamauga Battlefield Marathon - RunMarathon


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chickamauga, Georgia
United States
Chattanooga Track Club
58F / 14C
Overcast
 		Total Time = 4h 11m 53s
Overall Rank = /
Age Group = 35-39
Age Group Rank = 11/16
Pre-race routine:

Woke up at 4:00 am -drank coffee and ate a bowl of raisin bran cereal. Left the house at 5:00 am- had to stop for gas, then headed to Chickamauga. Arrived at race site at the church at 6:30 and signed up for the race.
Event warmup:

Stood around and talked to people I knew. I was using this as a training run since I had not trained for this and hadn't done any distance since Oct. 7th when I hiked the sweep for the Stump Jump 50K. I had been sick since then with bronchitis and a sinus infection and could't exercise at all. I was just hoping to do the distance and not drop out of the race.
Run
  • 4h 11m 53s
  • 26.2 miles
  • 09m 37s  min/mile
Comments:

Felt great through the first half-did 13.1 miles in 1 hour 56 minutes. Tried to keep even splits. Then after the 14th mile I just kept slowing down. I wasn't trained to go this distance at a steady pace. Next time I plan to keep a 9 minute pace throughout.
What would you do differently?:

Train.
Post race
Warm down:

Walked around and tried to stretch out my quads. They were on fire.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Did not train and couldn't keep a good pace in last half of race.

Event comments:

Very good race-lots of volunteers and cheerful people along the way. Good aid stations placed about every 2miles apart. Good race for a 1st marathon and if you want to qualify for Boston-good one to try on.




Last updated: 2006-11-13 12:00 AM
Running
04:11:53 | 26.2 miles | 09m 37s  min/mile
Age Group: 11/16
Overall: 0/
Performance: Average
Course: Pretty flat course throug a beautiful park-civil war battlefield.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 2
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