Bank of America Gasparilla Marathon - RunMarathon


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Tampa Bay, Florida
United States
Gasparilla Distance Classic Assoc.
70F / 21C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 5h 16m 9s
Overall Rank = 875/
Age Group = 35-39
Age Group Rank = 123/
Pre-race routine:

Woke up at 4AM ate CLif Bar (choclate Chip) and a banana. Did not get alot of sleep. 3+ hours tops. I am mocked for lack of training and rightfully so. but this one took the cake. like 30 miles the last 3 months
Event warmup:

? stretching
Run
  • 5h 16m 9s
  • 26.2 miles
  • 12m 04s  min/mile
Comments:

First race ever with ipod. A must for not training.
early start 6AM runnin in the dark pretty neat. good tunes U2, Audioslave, janes addiction, Em, Beasties, Ike Reilly. tunes from 6 for 6.
alarm, everlast etc.

Gasparilla pirate theme arrrggh.
Fire jugglers, guys on stilts, wenchs (some hot)
normally I would kill a mime. but the one on the course had an imaginary rope pulling me forwrd. pretty f'ing funny.

stop to stretch by horse corral and horses were running for fun by themselves pretty interesting watching runners.
one stretch of walking met a guy doing midnite sun in alaska this year.

heidi met up with me at mile 21. good to see her I was struggling.
we ran together up long section along water. very windy 20-25 MPH. all head wind. like I needed more reason to drop f bombs. like I ever need a reason to drop f bombs.




What would you do differently?:

NOT RUN IN ASICS GEL-KINETICS. dog shit shoes.

Post race
Warm down:

2 michelob ultras at post race party

What limited your ability to perform faster:

lack of training, sos.

same old story

Event comments:

Good race, decent course, f'ing awsome medal, marginal hotel location.




Last updated: 2008-02-11 12:00 AM
Running
05:16:09 | 26.2 miles | 12m 04s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/
Performance: Average
12.0667934... is that a derivative of pi?
Course: Couple of small loops around town then a big shaft. get it?
Keeping cool Average Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Below average
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
Good race? Ok
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] 3