National Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Washington, Washington, D.C.
United States
The Greater Washington Sports Alliance
54F / 12C
Precipitation
 		Total Time = 2h 01m 51s
Overall Rank = /
Age Group = 35-40
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

Got up at 4:45am. Dressed. Ate a banana, hugged my kids and hubby and headed out the door for an hour drive downtown. Ate a bagel with PB on the road. Sipped on water the entire way. Made it all the way down to the venue and then sat in traffic waiting to park for 25 mins. Finally parked w/only 20 mins. til start time.
Event warmup:

My event warm-up consisted of speed walking across the parking lots and mini-jumps and stretches while standing in line at the port-a-potties. Few more stretches at the start line and off we went.
Run
  • 2h 01m 51s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 09m 18s  min/mile
What would you do differently?:

Leave earlier to avoid stressing in traffic. First time driving in downtown DC didn't help the stress level either. ;)
Post race
Warm down:

Walking, stretching, eating and drinking.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Not much. I felt really great about the whole run.

Event comments:

Really enjoyed this race. The weather was probably a big limiter on crowd support and post race activities. The volunteers were awesome. I had a great race!




Last updated: 2007-01-23 12:00 AM
Running
02:01:51 | 13.1 miles | 09m 18s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/
Performance: Good
Course: Beautiful downtown DC scenery. Very cool. There was a light mist of rain falling almost the entire race. Fairly flat course until mile 8 and then some rolling ups and downs until the end. All in all a very fun course. Not too easy and not too hard. Good crowd/fan support most of the way, too.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 5
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: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 4