Atlanta Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Atlanta, Georgia
United States
Atlanta Track Club
Precipitation
 		Total Time = 2h 05m 4s
Overall Rank = /
Age Group = 45-49
Age Group Rank = 242/427
Pre-race routine:

Got up early and had a PBJ. Packed my gear laid out from night before and forgot my pre-race banana, nice. Drove to a friends house and his wife gave us a lift up to the race start. There, we met up with all of our race pals and stood around in the dark waiting for it to rain. A bit of stretching and a shared pack of Cliff Shot Blocks to go. Oh yeah, and a friend gave me a banana!
Event warmup:

Some stretching and laughing.
Run
  • 2h 05m 4s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 09m 33s  min/mile
Comments:

Here in drought plagued GA, rain is a hot commodity so it's hard to complain but...it did start to pour immediately after the gun. It rained the entire time with three or four downpours. I really enjoyed this race for a couple of reasons. 1st: I ran neg. splits based on HR and with just a few walk breaks executed my plan pretty much dead-on. 2nd: I ran with a couple of IM friends which I normally don't do during an event and had a lot of fun with them.
What would you do differently?:

Never, ever leave my gear bag in someone's car again, unless it's my own. I froze post-race.
Post race
Warm down:

Borrowed a friend of a friend's sweathirt.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Probably a bit undertrained from IM Wisconsin and also put on about 10 lbs. Both areas requiring improvement.

Event comments:

This race is great because it's on Thanksgiving and over the years of training I've made some really good pals to congregate with throughout the event. I missed this race last year and won't do that again, barring injuries, etc. My only real negative here is that it seems like a lot of road races like to serve you pre-race nutrition post-race. I just don't get that.




Last updated: 2007-11-19 12:00 AM
Running
02:05:04 | 13.1 miles | 09m 33s  min/mile
Age Group: 242/427
Overall: 0/
Performance: Good
1st 3 mi. @ 30:40 (141/152) 2nd 3 mi. @ 30:01 (148/146) 3rd 3 mi. @ 28:54 (154/154) 4th 4 mi. @ 35:35 (174/197??)
Course: Hilly straight shot from Chamblee to the Ted. Last five miles mostly uphill with a downhill final 1/2 mile or so.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
Physical exertion [1-5] 5
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] 4