Platte River Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Denver, Colorado
United States
Buckhorn Exchange
60F / 16C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 1h 27m 53s
Overall Rank = 51/
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 10/
Pre-race routine:

ate a small breakfast of peanut butter on toast, cinnamon roll and a cup of decaf, since I am not drinking regular any more. I wanted this race to be a tune up for IMAZ and I wanted to be under 1:30 and my plan was to go easy on the first 3 miles, pick it up for the next 6 miles and go pretty hard for the last 3.
Event warmup:

Short run with DickDime!
Run
  • 1h 27m 53s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 06m 43s  min/mile
Comments:

Good run. I ran my plan just right. I wanted it to be tempo and 155 HR is right there. Never felt like I was pushing it except right at the end. First 3 miles easy, next 6 steady and the last 3 a bit harder.
Plus I PR'ed. Of course that is my first stand alnoe 1/2. My best half in a try was 1:38.
What would you do differently?:

Nothing. I didn't want to go any harder with IMAZ 2 weeks away.
Post race
Warm down:

Walked around and talked to all the BT crew. Lot's of us out there.
Food was ok, brats, chips, ehh, could have been better.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

IMAZ

Event comments:

Good to see DickDime, Stacie, Cathy, Drew, Adam, Shannon, Sergeant vik, Ryan, Brett, and a slew of other tri folk! Rode the light rail back to the start, that was cool. Nice racing everyone!




Last updated: 2007-04-01 12:00 AM
Running
01:27:53 | 13.1 miles | 06m 43s  min/mile
Age Group: 10/
Overall: 51/
Performance: Good
Mile 1 6:27 HR AV. 145 mile 2 6:39 HR Av 152 mile 3 6:40 Hr AV. 155 mile 4 6:39 HR AV. 156 mile 5 6:55 Hr AV. 155 mile 6 6:42 HR AV> 156 mile 7 6:48 HR AV 155 mile 8 6:46 HR AV 155 mile 9 6:38 HR AV. 155 mile 10 6:45 HR AV 156 mile 11 6:37 HR AV 156 mile 12 6:41 HR AV 157 mile 13 6:52 HR AV 157 mile 13.1 :37 HR AV 160
Course: Started out in downtown littleton and headed north on the south platte trail. Pretty flat until mile 4 and 12. Good sized hills on these, but short.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 5
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
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] 4