OneAmerica 500 Festival Mini Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Indianapolis, Indiana
United States
500 Festival
62F / 17C
Overcast
Total Time = 1h 33m 36s
Overall Rank = 771/29213
Age Group = 30-34
Age Group Rank = 124/1936
Pre-race routine:

Had banana, half bagel with peanut butter, regular coffee, Gatorade, 1 Gu
Event warmup:

A little jogging with a couple accelerations
Run
  • 1h 33m 36s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 07m 09s  min/mile
Comments:

Didn't feel good for the first 5 miles or so. All week my legs felt dead--probably too much hard and long cycling. But I started to feel better at mile 6 or so.
What would you do differently?:

I should have tapered better and then started harder. I had too much left at the end. It was nice to feel stonger as the race progressed, but I could have had a bit better time--my last mile was my fastest by quite a bit.
Post race
Warm down:

Walking around park and back to hotel.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

It was humid and I didn't feel good until well until the race. The first 5 miles felt harder than the last 5! I was afraid of bonking hard and suffering at the end. This is the first race in a while that I didn't feel terrible during a big part of it.

Event comments:

I don't know what happened with the timing. My GPS deal got to 13.11 miles in 1:32:40. I'm pretty sure that my timer said 1:32:45 when I crossed the line, but I mis-hit the stop button. But when I did stop it for good well after the finish it was still at 1:33 something. But they somehow had me at 1:33:36. In any case, I did slightly better than last year. But I could have done better--I had a little too much left at the end.




Last updated: 2007-03-23 12:00 AM
Running
01:33:36 | 13.1 miles | 07m 09s  min/mile
Age Group: 124/1936
Overall: 771/29213
Performance: Average
All miles were about 7:00 to 7:10 except the last 1.5 miles, which were closer to 6:30 or 6:45 pace.
Course: Nice and flat, though always a bit crowded
Keeping cool Average Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 2
Physical exertion [1-5] 2
Good race? Ok
Evaluation
Course challenge Too easy
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 4