National Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Washington, Washington, D.C.
United States
The Greater Washington Sports Alliance
50F / 10C
Overcast
 		Total Time = 2h 17m 7s
Overall Rank = 845/1211
Age Group = F 25-29
Age Group Rank = 274/375
Pre-race routine:

Ate on the way down to the race site. Drove down to DC with Brad, Tim, Laura and Ron. Snuck in a side entrance to RFK and parked next to Doug(his first marathon).
Event warmup:

Hung out around car and hit the port-o-pottie once or twice. Chatted with friends. Walked to the start at around 6:45.
Run
  • 2h 14m 35s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 10m 16s  min/mile
Comments:

Ran with Ron for all but the last half mile or so. Felt solid without any major pains.

What would you do differently?:

Nothing. I ran with my water bottle and stuck to my nutrition plan of earing every :30 minutes.
My stretch goal time was 2:10 with my realistic goal of 2:20 (which I was able to beat).

Post race
Warm down:

Found our group, grabbed some food and headed to the car.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Nothing...the weather turned out to be great! Overcast with a little mist.

Event comments:

Race was fairly organized and course was interesting. There weren't many port-o-potties on the course (I only saw two) which caused me to find a spot behind a stone building on Constitution Avenue.
Course ended up being .24 miles long which sucked when you're pushing it at the end.
Overall, a good race and a training run for our group. Regardless, exceeded my realistic goal time of 2:20.




Last updated: 2007-02-05 12:00 AM
Running
02:14:35 | 13.1 miles | 10m 16s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/375
Overall: 0/1211
Performance: Good
M1 - 10:04 AHR 157 M3 - 19:42 AHR 163 M5 - 20:36 AHR 167 M6 - 10:10 AHR 167 M7 - 10:10 AHR 167 M8 - 10:18 AHR 165 M9 - 10:34 AHR 167 M10 - 10:14 AHR 163 M11 - 10:42 AHR 164 Last 2.34 - 24:32 AHR 170
Course: Starting at RFK, ran down East Capitol towards the Capitol building and around the mall/museums. Did an out and back off of Constitution before running back down Constitution. Ran past the new stadium, over two bridges and then back towards RFK.
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:
Race evaluation [1-5] 4