National Marathon/Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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DC, Washington, D.C.
United States
Greater Washington Sports Alliance
52F / 11C
Precipitation
 		Total Time = 2h 02m 34s
Overall Rank = /
Age Group = 35-39
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

Woke up about 2 hours before the race. Ate a peanut butter sandwich, drank TONS of water and got ready. Went downstairs to check weather and make final race wear decisions. L/S tee, capris, race hat. Grabbed a cab and headed to the starting line.
Event warmup:

About a mile and a half of light jogging, drills and a couple of strides to loosen up. Felt great waiting for the gun to go off . . . except for the nerves that had my HR at 108 BPM just standing there.
Run
  • 2h 02m 34s
  • 13.52 miles
  • 09m 04s  min/mile
What would you do differently?:

Carry water myself. I skipped the aid station at mile 5 and thought I could get to the next one at 7.5 but around 6 I REALLY needed fuel. That made the next mile and a half relatively unpleasant. And so easily avoided. I was READY for this race. I think I could have broken 2 hours had I gelled when I needed to.

I would also train on hills . . . Hinsdale has some nice ones and that's not a far drive from here.
Post race
Warm down:

Quick stretches and I haeaded over to the ART tent that was set up. Had my IT bands and piriformis worked on. Drank Recoverite and a ton of water. Had a banana to eat. Stopped and got a hot cocoa at Starbucks on my way back to the hotel.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Hill training.

Event comments:

I have the race running long according to my GPS. Also, the packet pickup was not particularly convenient--hard to get to and from for out of towners. Finally, my race time and the official race time are off by about 7 minutes. I can't figure that one out to save my soul.




Last updated: 2007-02-11 12:00 AM
Running
02:02:34 | 13.52 miles | 09m 04s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/
Performance: Good
Here's the interesting thing . . . my Garmin had the race at 13.52 mi. from the start line to the finish line. I checked with other Garmin wearers and we were all within one one hundreth of one another. So the course was off.
Course: Beautiful . . . first couple of miles were really nice with lots of downhills. Which of course means on the second half of the course there were a ton of up hill climbs. Not so much fun. Some historic stuff, lots of neighborhoods. It was fun to run.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
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] 3