San Francisco Marathon - Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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San Francisco, California
United States
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55F / 13C
Overcast
 		Total Time = 2h 06m 56s
Overall Rank = 2300/6678
Age Group = 40-49
Age Group Rank = 296/612
Pre-race routine:

Breakfast at 3:30AM of cliff bar, 2 hard boiled eggs, apple, and water. Banana, power bar gel with extra caffein at starting line.
Event warmup:

5 min slow jog. Looked at all the masses of people up at 5:30AM. It was great having a hotel room near the starting line.
Run
  • 2h 06m 56s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 09m 41s  min/mile
Comments:

I was worried about going out too fast, since my longest training run was 10 miles. I stuck with 10 minute miles for the first half of the race. Starting about mile 5 my legs started feeling really nice and loose. Once I hit the halfway point I decided to pick up the pace and started running about 9:30 miles. I had one mile at 8:20 (but it was a long downhill). At mile 12 my legs started feeling really strange, but they kept going. The last 1.5 miles was basically all uphill, so that was kind of tough.
It was an absolutely beautiful run course, but it was crowded. It never really thinned out until the last 2 miles. It was a great first HM.
What would you do differently?:

Go out a little quicker at the beginning.
Post race
Warm down:

Walked around. Stretched a little. Took a shower. Took a nap.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Fear of running out of energy. Held back too much on the first half.

Event comments:

Very well organized, but there were just a ton of people. The porta-pottys all had lines. Even in the middle of the race. Luckily I never had to go. Absolutely beautiful run course.




Last updated: 2008-06-23 12:00 AM
Running
02:06:56 | 13.1 miles | 09m 41s  min/mile
Age Group: 296/612
Overall: 2300/6678
Performance: Good
1:17:02 at 7.5 Mile Marker, which was a pace of 10:17.
Course: Along the embarcadero, fishermans wharf, out and back across the Golden Gate Bridge, South, then finish in Golden Gate Park. Some hills, but not too bad.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: 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:
Race evaluation [1-5] 4