3M Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Austin, Texas
United States
3M Half Marathon & Relay
50F / 10C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 1h 45m 6s
Overall Rank = 912/4021
Age Group = M35-39
Age Group Rank = 117/324
Pre-race routine:

I got up just before 6 and had a bagel, some water, and a little bit of Diet Coke. Bundled up a bit because the temp had dropped over night and hit the road.
Event warmup:

The idea today was to do a 19-20 miler with the 1/2 making up the second 2/3 of that run. That meant doing about 6 miles before the race. Fortunately, the start is just a couple of miles from my house, so I left just after 6 and did easy 9:00 miles over to the starting line. The race was delayed for a couple of minutes, so I made some circuits on the side roads until the gun went off.
Run
  • 1h 45m 6s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 08m 01s  min/mile
Comments:

Weather was pretty much ideal, but I had too many layers on since I started so early. I would have loved to ditch my outer layer, but I had no one to pass it off to and I was wasn't willing to risk not getting it back. I was wearing my distance challenger finisher's pullover from 2 years ago.

Kept an easy pace for the first 6 miles as planned. At the halfway point, I gradually upped the pace each mile for the rest of the race. Mile splits don't mean much on this course, because it's so downhill, but I pushed my HR by about 3 bpm each mile. Mile 13 averaged at 179.
What would you do differently?:

Nothing. I did this pretty much exactly as planned.
Post race
What limited your ability to perform faster:

Not trying to run fast. ;)

I am curious how I would have done if I went flat out, but I'm glad I was disciplined and did the training run I meant to. I seriously considered doing just the race, especially at 10 pm on Saturday night when I realized how cold it was going to be at 6 am.

Event comments:

The race itself is fun and fast. Post race was a bit of a disappointment. You could either wait 10-15 minutes for a couple of breakfast tacos, or get Oreos, bananas, and generic Gatorade from the HEB tent. I probably would have had a better opinion if I had raced it and finished 20 minutes earlier. ;)




Last updated: 2007-10-19 12:00 AM
Running
01:45:06 | 13.1 miles | 08m 01s  min/mile
Age Group: 117/324
Overall: 912/4021
Performance:
Kept an easy pace for the first 6 miles as planned. At the halfway point, I gradually upped the pace each mile for the rest of the race. Mile splits don't mean much on this course, because it's so downhill, but I pushed my HR by about 3 bpm each mile. Mile 13 averaged at 179.
Course:
Keeping cool Average 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 Too easy
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? No
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Below average
Race evaluation [1-5] 3