Whidbey Island Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Oak Harbor, Washington
United States
Pro-Motion Events,
55F / 13C
Overcast
 		Total Time = 2h 01m 13s
Overall Rank = 455/1479
Age Group = male 40-44
Age Group Rank = 32/65
Pre-race routine:

Rank of all males 254/528

Woke up early and drank 1 bottle of Heed. Choked down a bagle and peanutbutter and a Cliff Bar as well. Stretched a bit with my future nephew in law Nick.
Event warmup:

None really. Stood around in the gym to get out of the cold and then went out to get into the line for the mass start. Waited another 10 minutes as they were having difficulty getting all of us to the start line. Kind of crowded. Gun went off and off we went up the first hill....
Run
  • 2h 01m 13s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 09m 15s  min/mile
Comments:

Ate four GU gels along the way. (Miles 4,6,8 and 10.) Drank water only with Salt Stick caps ( 5 along the way). NO CRAMPING until a nasty side stitch in the last 1/2 mile from pushing it too hard. Bit of Post Tib. ache in both from the hills.
What would you do differently?:

Add some hills for training.
Post race
Warm down:

Stretched more. Two bottles of water and a bottle of HEED with two more Salt caps.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Gravity

Event comments:

Nice first 1/2 Mary of the year. (My first unattached 1/2 Mary as well.) Now the fun working towards IMAZ begins.




Last updated: 2008-04-08 12:00 AM
Running
02:01:13 | 13.1 miles | 09m 15s  min/mile
Age Group: 32/65
Overall: 0/1479
Performance: Average
Ave HR was 170. Too fast for a "training run" but I really wasn't used to the hills. Splits for miles: MP Split Ave HR MP 1 8:58 158 MP 2 8:35 169 MP 3 10:43 171 Had to go pee MP 4 8:58 171 MP 5 8:52 166 MP 6 8:17 170 MP 7 10:32 174 MP 8 8:53 172 MP 9 8:17 168 MP 10 10:06 173 MP 11 9:45 178 MP 12 8:39 183 MP 13 10:34 180
Course: HILLY HILLY HILLY. Was not used to those at all. (Reason for high HR).
Keeping cool Average Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 4
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Too hard
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Below average
Race evaluation [1-5] 4