Securian Frozen Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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St. Paul, Minnesota
United States
The Saint Paul Festival and Heritage Foundation
20F / -7C
Overcast
 		Total Time = 1h 27m 47s
Overall Rank = 59/1208
Age Group = 45-49
Age Group Rank = 7/?
Pre-race routine:

Met mndiver, sparco, matchman and rabkaman in the atrium prior to start. Fun to get another season started.
Event warmup:

Stand in porta john line. No warmup at all.
Run
  • 1h 27m 47s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 06m 42s  min/mile
Comments:

First mile in 5:45, then next couple of miles were right at 6:20. Wasn't feeling great, so let the group I was running with get ahead of me a little and ran a couple of 6:30s. Still wasn't feelin' the luv, so after 5-6 miles I decided I wasn't going to spend any mental energy to try to maintain a fast pace so I shut it down and coasted in to the finish. Seemed like some of the mile markers on the return leg were way off, so not sure what kind of pace I had the last 5 miles but it was pretty slow. Steady stream of occasional singles and doubles were passing me the last 2 miles but I didn't really mind too much.
What would you do differently?:

Not get "fat" during the holiday season :)
Post race
Warm down:

Grabbed my dry clothes, changed, and headed home.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

About 12 lbs of Holiday food around my waist :) Way too early in the year to think about going fast.

Event comments:

Fun race, well organized. I need to get skinny.




Last updated: 2007-12-07 12:00 AM
Running
01:27:47 | 13.1 miles | 06m 42s  min/mile
Age Group: 7/?
Overall: 59/1208
Performance: Below average
Course: Start in downtown St. Paul, down to the river then out and back west along river.
Keeping cool Average Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 2
Physical exertion [1-5] 2
Good race? No
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? No
Post race activities: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 4