Thunder Road Amica Insurance Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Charlotte, North Carolina
United States
Thunder Road Marathon
26F / -3C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 1h 55m 23s
Overall Rank = 780/2221
Age Group = 35-40
Age Group Rank = 111/195
Pre-race routine:

Get up, check temps on the computer, fire the coffee maker up, dress, grab coffee and race junk and head to the site... oh and a banana.
Event warmup:

Ummm... NONE. I got to the event early enough to drop off Tommy's chip since he was not racing. I parked right near the start with 40mins to go before the gun. By the time I paid for parking and put the receipt on the dash I had to do a full on sprint just to get to the back of the pack of the marathon/half-marathon runners. I hit the mat about 3mins after the official start in a full run. So, I guess you could say the 1/2 mile run from parking to race start was a WARM-UP
Run
  • 1h 55m 23s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 08m 49s  min/mile
Comments:

Good run, I think having to hit the first 2miles hard to get into my pace/time goal area really might have taken the edge off my kick at the end, but it also forced me to push hard through the whole race.

Shocked that I was clicking off 9min/miles at every offical mile marker and time clock. I stopped looking at my watch and just focued on sub 2hrs which was the goal (even though my training had not been consistent enough to really suggest I would pull it off).
What would you do differently?:

Not parking in the lot across from the Westin... DON'T DO IT
Post race
Warm down:

Fighting my way through the racers area at the finish - can you say cluster f**k.



What limited your ability to perform faster:

Me


Event comments:

They need to make the post race runners are wider... just too narrow to allow people to move, resulting in a pile up right after the finish line.




Last updated: 2008-08-06 12:00 AM
Running
01:55:23 | 13.1 miles | 08m 49s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/195
Overall: 780/2221
Performance: Good
Gun time was: 1:58:01 Watch time was: 1:55:25 Chip time was: 1:55:23
Course: good course, minor changes from last year to move the end location closer to the start. I think the new course is better, but that last little up hill could be tough for some folks.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
Physical exertion [1-5] 4
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: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 4