Under Armour Baltimore Half-Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Baltimore, Maryland
United States
Baltimore Running Festival
75F / 24C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 1h 35m 35s
Overall Rank = 154/6234
Age Group = 25-29
Age Group Rank = 6/900
Pre-race routine:

Got up around 5:45am. Scott and I were staying at his brother's and we had to head to the Baltimore airport to catch the Lightrail. I split a yogurt and bagel with pb with Scott on the way to the race.
Event warmup:

We didn't really warm up. The marathon starting at 8am and our race started @9:P45am at the 13.1 mark of the marathon. We walked over to the starting line...and found out spot.
Run
  • 1h 35m 35s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 07m 18s  min/mile
Comments:

I felt good the first mile...checked my watch 6:48...opps, a bit to fast. I knew I needed to settle down and find my grove. My mile 4 I was just over 28 mins so I felt like I was on track. Then from mile 4-7 I was struggling. Physically I felt ok, but mentally I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to keep up the pace I wanted to in order to get a PR. Mile 7 was around a lake...I finally just told myself "do your best" and keep repeating that to myself for the remainder of the race. By mile 12 knew I was on track for a PR. I was running with two other females and looking back I still had it in my pass them at the end but I was just happy to finish with a PR.
What would you do differently?:

I would have given it my all at the end and passed those two girls!!
Post race
Warm down:

Waiting for my hubby to cross the finish line!
Then enjoyed a nice lunch in the Under Armour Tent

Event comments:

May attempt the FULL next year!

I ended up the 28th female overall!!




Last updated: 2008-07-21 12:00 AM
Running
01:35:35 | 13.1 miles | 07m 18s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/900
Overall: 153/6234
Performance:
Course: The course was 'rolling' for the most part. Most of the hills were in the beginning of the race and continued on until about mile 11. From mile 11 on, the course was pretty much on a downhill.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
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? Yes
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 4