New Prague Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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New Prague, MN, Minnesota
United States
55F / 13C
Overcast
 		Total Time = 1h 58m 42s
Overall Rank = 441/753
Age Group = 35-40
Age Group Rank = 55/71
Pre-race routine:

Things did not start out too well. Was up at 2:00 a.m. unloading everything I had in my system. Did not feel well at all. Mostly laid awake and went in and out of sleep with the nausea the rest of the night. After 5 trip or so to the bathroom in the morning I hoped for the best and the family headed to the park.
Event warmup:

Kelly and Aly were both running also. We dropped Nik off with some friends and went our seperate ways. I jogged for 5-10 minutes and then made a mad dash to the bathroom again. How many portajons are there again? Talked with Rabkaman and Sal at different points and we wished each other luck. Lined up in about the middle and off we went.
Run
  • 1h 58m 42s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 09m 04s  min/mile
Comments:

I am very happy with my run. I had a goal of maybe breaking 2 hours at some point. I thought I could do it today but I would really have to push. I pushed-HARD. I just kept trying to bank up enough seconds every mile to ensure I could jog in the last mile if needed. Average heart rate was 177 so I would say I pushed hard enough. By the last 2 miles I was hurting pretty bad, but not bad enough to stop high 5ing all the kids who had their hands out. Amazing just how cool they think that is, and so do I.
What would you do differently?:

Wear one less layer.
Post race
Warm down:

Hit the finish line seeing the clock time under 2 hours and was feeling pretty good. Body was hurting real bad. Went 50 feet to get water and wanted to see Kelly finish. Unknown to me she was just a minute or so behind and I missed it, damn. Walked around and got updates from everyones finish times. Aly did her first chip timed 5k in under 24 minutes.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Extra weight as always. It is starting to come down-slowly. Seems like I should be losing it faster though.

Event comments:

I'm qorking on getting my nutrition nailed down for IM so I brought my drinks of Infnit on a fuel belt. Only bad comment about race was that apparently there was no water stations for about 5 miles in the middle. Really glad I brought my own.
KNOCKED ALMOST 12 MINUTES OFF PREVIOUS P.R.!!!!!!!!!




Last updated: 2008-02-19 12:00 AM
Running
01:58:42 | 13.1 miles | 09m 04s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/71
Overall: 0/753
Performance: Good
Course: Rolling hills would best describe this box shaped course. There are a LOT of really good runners here getting tuned up for Grandmas and I think it is a great course for them.
Keeping cool Average Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 5
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? No
Post race activities: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 4