National Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Washington, Washington, D.C.
United States
The Greater Washington Sports Alliance
50F / 10C
Precipitation
Total Time = 1h 38m 10s
Overall Rank = 172/1104
Age Group = M30-34
Age Group Rank = 43/212
Pre-race routine:

Up at 4AM. Bagel w/ pb, coffee and powerbar for breakfast
Event warmup:

Three laps around RFK stadium...~2.4mi
Run
  • 1h 38m 10s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 07m 29s  min/mile
Comments:

Time posted is the adjusted time posted in the results since course was long. Never knew they did that...at least they recognized the course was off. Overall rank is male only.

Plan was to do first 3mi @ ~7:30, miles 4-10 @ ~7:20 and then pick it up for the final 5K. Ran with weds19 to whole time...basically he was my personal pacer. I believe most of the extra distance was in miles 1 and 13. Wasn't quite able to hold the planned pace, but was able to stay fairly close...w/in 10s/mile.

Temp was around 50 overcast with an occassional drizzle. Not fun for standing around, but pretty ideal for running.
Post race
Warm down:

Walked for a bit, but left knee/itb was too sore to run. It began to hurt as soon as I stopped running. Got a ART massage. The therapist wasn't that good...then again there were 4 therapists and a line of 10+.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

If I would have done run-only training or a taper I am sure my time could have been better, but given my multisport race schedule and the priority of this race (a C race that I decided to do 3-days beforehand), I don't think I could have done a heckuva lot better. I am pleased with the result.

Event comments:

Although it didn't effect me, there really weren't many port-o-potties on the course. They had plenty at the start/finish area, which was nice. Post race food was blah...just bagels and bananas..that's it. Post race activities were not great, but it was probably dampered by the cool air and cold misty rain.




Last updated: 2007-03-22 12:00 AM
Running
01:38:10 | 13.1 miles | 07m 29s  min/mile
Age Group: 43/212
Overall: 212/1104
Performance: Average
Avg HR 167. Max HR 184. Splits based on mile markers. Some were off. 1 8:01 160, 2&3 14:49 166, 4&5 15:06 166, 6 7:26 167, 7 7:26 166, 8 7:35 165, 9 7:35 167, 10 7:06 167, 11 7:43 165, 12 7:33 164, 13 9:05 167, 13+ 0:36 176
Course: Started at RFK Stadium in SE DC...headed west past Capital Hill and the National Mall...turnaround and then headed back east. Crossed bridge into Anacostia, MD. First 5-6mi are relatively flat...rest were rollers.
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: Below average
Race evaluation [1-5] 3