The Texas Half - RunHalf Marathon


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Dallas, Texas
United States
Mellew Productions
Sunny
 		Total Time = 8h 00m
Overall Rank = 394/510
Age Group = 25-29
Age Group Rank = 21/25
Pre-race routine:

Woke up at 5 am and ate breakfast. Toke another 30 min nap and then headed to race. Had a power bar and gatorade one hour before race.
Event warmup:

Did my normal stretches.
Run
  • 2h 25m 49s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 11m 08s  min/mile
Comments:

Felt good about my first race. Believe I picked up my overall pace in miles 9 and 10.
What would you do differently?:

Drink Gatorade at the first couple of drink stands instead of water to give me a little more energy at miles 11 and 12.
Post race
Warm down:

Talked with friends and had a beer.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

My beer gut slowed me down I believe.

Event comments:

This was my first endurance race. As of 6 weeks before the race I never ran more then a mile at one time in my life and that was years ago. I was going for 11 min miles and barely missed it. I feel happy with my effort and looking to my next race 22 days later.




Last updated: 2008-02-13 12:00 AM
Running
02:25:49 | 13.1 miles | 11m 08s  min/mile
Age Group: 21/25
Overall: 394/510
Performance: Good
Felt like I slowed down on miles 7 and 11.
Course: More hills then I expected but training in the hill country helped with that.
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: Below average
Race evaluation [1-5] 3