ING Georgia Half-Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Alpharetta, GA
United States
The ING Georgia Marathon & Half Marathon
70F / 21C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 2h 14m 59s
Overall Rank = 4044/8917
Age Group = 30-39
Age Group Rank = 861/3337
Pre-race routine:

Woke up at 5am. Took a shower. Capt No Fun and I meet our neighbor in the lobby (we stayed at the Ritz last night). I grabbed some coffee and had a Cliff Shot.
Event warmup:

None. I'm bad about not stretching. But then again, this was a GTR (Glorified Training Run).
Run
  • 2h 14m 59s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 10m 18s  min/mile
Comments:

2:14:59 Chip Time!


2:23:10 Clock time.


2:15:01 according to my watch.


Crossed starting line at 7:11:52am. 10k time was 1:06:13.





  • Skipped 1st water station - too busy.

  • Ran 1st mile at slow conversational pace. Started off with 6hr Marathon pace group and leisurely made my way up to the 5:30 and 5:00 hour pace groups over the1st 2 miles.

  • Tried to maintain even pacing for miles 3-9. Took water at a few water stations.


  • Tried to pick up the pace from miles 9 to 13.1.



Nike+ipod says my splits are as follows (doesn't match my time exactly since I forgot to stop it right at the finish.)



1 - 10:31

2 - 10:37

3 - 10:32

4 - 10:36

5 - 10:33

6 - 10:16

7 - 10:16

8 - 10:22

9 - 10:02

10 - 9:52

11 - 10:07

12 - 10:03

13.1 - 10:08



What would you do differently?:

Not a thing given that this is with 14 weeks of running under my belt.
Post race
Warm down:

Ice bath

Event comments:

Great race given that it was the first one (even then I don't know what they could have done to make it even better). Only things missing or issues that I saw were:
- No Gatorade at the end
- Gel stations after water stations (should be the other way around - next time I'll bring my own)





Last updated: 2007-03-14 12:00 AM
Running
02:14:59 | 13.1 miles | 10m 18s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/3337
Overall: 0/8917
Performance: Good
Course:
Keeping cool Drinking
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 5
Physical exertion [1-5] 5
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities:
Race evaluation [1-5] 5