Shamrock Marathon and Half marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Virginia Beach, Virginia
United States
Shamrock Sportsfest
33F / 1C
Overcast
 		Total Time = 1h 50m 37s
Overall Rank = 1092/4460
Age Group = 20-24
Age Group Rank = 69/299
Pre-race routine:

breakfast: power bar perfomance and half gatorade/half water
my friends and I arrived late...we had to run almost 2miles to the starting line
Event warmup:

my friends and I arrived late...we had to run almost 2miles to the starting line
Run
  • 1h 50m 37s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 08m 26s  min/mile
Comments:

ran fast the first 7 mi...hurting and suffering on mi 8 and 9...slowed way down from mile 9 to 13.1
What would you do differently?:

slow down at the start (the problem was that because I arrived late I was in the 5th coral, instead of the 3rd...so I had to criss cross and pass a lot of people that were blocking me at the start...)
Post race
Warm down:

frantically looking for my friends after the race...oh, and 3 glasses of beer!

What limited your ability to perform faster:

I am satisfied with my perfomance

Event comments:

nice, flat course, great freebies, beautiful medal, great post-race activities...
bads? poor expo, low crowd support for the half marathon (although it was an unsually cold day..so this might not always be so), and the course is not very scenic (it gets nice n pretty towards the very very end...last mile)




Last updated: 2006-12-26 12:00 AM
Running
01:50:37 | 13.1 miles | 08m 26s  min/mile
Age Group: 69/299
Overall: 1092/4460
Performance:
Course: flat n windy
Keeping cool Good Drinking Not enough
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
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