New Jersey Marathon - RunMarathon


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Long Branch, New Jersey
United States
NJRRC
60F / 16C
Overcast
 		Total Time = 4h 12m
Overall Rank = /
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

Got up about 0530 after a crappy night at the luxurious Holiday Inn Hazlet NJ! This place is apparently not accustomed to people sleeping in their rooms. Any way to keep it short, it was loud and hard to sleep till we got relocated!
On the bright side I did answer my door in my underwear in front of 2 girls! Oops my bad.
Event warmup:

None really
Run
  • 4h 11m
  • 26.2 miles
  • 09m 35s  min/mile
Comments:

After my Philly marathon experience I was determined to not over do it and end up with the knee pain. Kept a decent pace throughout. I didn't get any real pain. But determined not to screw it up I stayed at that pace plannning on goint until about 3 miles left and then going for broke. Unfortunately I really didn't pay close enough attention to my time and picked it up too late. At the end, I was satisfied with the fact that I cut off around 20 minutes from Philly and that I really felt good. Watching the HRM was an important key to not over doing it.
What would you do differently?:

A little faster would not have been a problem and would have allowed me to beat the 4 hour mark. Next time I'll write pace times down on my hand so I can watch for the right pace not just HR.
Post race
Warm down:

Walked around a bit, Hung around with Andy (prick beat me bad). I did see him eat a true foot long hot dog!

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Not paying close enough attention to time and pace

Event comments:

Good race, flat fast. Small race expo, not much going on at the site afterwards, started cleaning up the course an hour before the event was over.




Last updated: 2007-01-31 12:00 AM
Running
04:11:00 | 26.2 miles | 09m 35s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/
Performance: Good
Course: Flat, Nice, fast. Interesting changes in neighborhoods. Nothing special either way.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? No
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Below average
Race evaluation [1-5] 3