March Madness Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Cary, Illinois
United States
hillstriders
32F / 0C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 1h 39m 20s
Overall Rank = 223/1000
Age Group = 40-45
Age Group Rank = 43/121
Pre-race routine:

Got to the school at 7 to hangout. Pretty cool to see so many people who are passionate about running. This event really brings them out. Right out of my car I see Hangloose. Good to see him and shoot the sh%t.
Event warmup:

A lap around the school.
Run
  • 1h 39m 20s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 07m 35s  min/mile
Comments:

Good race. My goal was to go sub 1:40, which I did. I was ~25sec. off of my HM PR. I was really hurting in the middle of the course because I went out too fast. Oh well. Schmize passed me at mile 4 or 5ish which really surprised me 'cause I think he started up in front. Dumpster passed me at about mile 11 I think, kinda surprised me 'cause I thought he was in front of me. Well that is pretty much how it went. I passed a lot of people the first couple miles and then I did not pass a single person the rest of the race. I think I might enjoy it a little more to be passing people at the end of the race. When I came to the finish line and saw I was going to break 1:40, I was very happy.
What would you do differently?:

I think I got to learn how to pace myself. Schmize suggested that I could probably have done a minute or two better if I had paced myself better.
Post race
Warm down:

Ate chocolate chip cookies like they were going out of style, bananas, hot pretzels and water. Hung out with Whizzzz, Coredump, Schmize, MissKelly and Steve-

Event comments:

Cool to see all the BT'ers out there: Hangloose, MissKelly, Whizzzz, Coredump, Schmize, Chirunner134, Grizdog, IrishPete(?). BT Rocks!




Last updated: 2008-03-16 12:00 AM
Running
01:39:20 | 13.1 miles | 07m 35s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/121
Overall: 0/1000
Performance:
I don't carry a Garmin so I don't know. At 4mi I was under 28', which probably a bit fast. I paid for it in the middle of the race. Toward the end I had things under control a bit better.
Course: Hilly
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? Yes
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] 4