Sony Ericsson City of Oaks Marathon - RunMarathon


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Raleigh, North Carolina
United States
City of Oaks Marathon and Half Marathon, LLC
Sunny
 		Total Time = 4h 20m 22s
Overall Rank = 403/826
Age Group = 30-34
Age Group Rank = 22/52
Pre-race routine:

Woke up at 4:30, ate a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and drove to Raleigh. I sat in the warm car until it was 15 minutes before the start of the race.
Event warmup:

Walked to the start and jumped in line. I realized I had not stretched, so I reached down and touched my toes. I thought that was plenty. :)


Run
  • 4h 20m 22s
  • 26.2 miles
  • 09m 56s  min/mile
Comments:

The race was a great race. I went into this race as a training run for Sunmart. I had no expectations. The weather was PERFECT for running. I planned to just run and enjoy it.

I started off the race wearing a clear plastic trash bag (love those things) for the first 2 miles. I missed the water table at mile 2 because I thought there would be a couple of them. There was one table for water and one for Ultima (I found out at mile 2 that I do not like Ultima). Since this was actually a training run, I ran with a handheld filled with yummy orange Gatorade. I'm trying to get used to carrying one of those for 50 miles.

When I got to the 13.1 mile marker, my time was 2:03. It was much faster than I expected, but I was feeling pretty good, so I just kept going. I walked when I needed too and ran when I could.

The second half of the course was much harder than the first. More hills and less crowd support. The volunteers for this race were absolutely AWESOME. Very, very, very supportive!!!
What would you do differently?:

Probably nothing.
Post race
Warm down:

Found my sweetie pie, walked to his car and went to Ruby Tuesdays!!! :)

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Big a$$ hills. :) I was also going into this as a training run. If I had gone into this as a true race, I could have started with that mental attitude and may have run it faster.


Event comments:

It was a great race with wonderful volunteers.




Last updated: 2007-11-05 12:00 AM
Running
04:20:22 | 26.2 miles | 09m 56s  min/mile
Age Group: 22/52
Overall: 403/826
Performance: Good
Course: Hilly!!!
Keeping cool Average 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: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 4