Mardi Gras Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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New Orleans, Louisiana
United States
Premier Event Management
52F / 11C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 2h 59m 17s
Overall Rank = 2556/2840
Age Group = 50-54
Age Group Rank = 127/136
Pre-race routine:

Wake, bagels and coffee, shower, dress, drive, park.
Event warmup:

Portapotty, portapotty, portapotty, portapotty.
Run
  • 2h 59m 17s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 13m 41s  min/mile
Comments:

Nice walk with Angel for first 11 miles, saw I needed to average <12m/m to finish under 3 hours, so jogged the last 2.1.
What would you do differently?:

Nothing
Post race
Warm down:

Waited for Angel, then went up the ramp to eat.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

No run training for last fifteen months.

Event comments:

Nice race as always, new course was a good change. Disappointed that they ran out of medals before we finished, all we got was an IOU.




Last updated: 2008-02-25 12:00 AM
Running
02:59:17 | 13.1 miles | 13m 41s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/136
Overall: 0/2840
Performance: Average
Course: New course this year, down Poydras, left on Bourbon to Dumaine, then back on Royal. Royal changes to St. Charles at Canal, out to Audubon Park then around the running trail there and back to Poydras.
Keeping cool Average Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: 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: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 3