Coastal Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Orange Beach, Alabama
United States
Team Magic
70F / 21C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 2h 40m 38s
Overall Rank = 131/154
Age Group = M 45-49
Age Group Rank = 14/14
Pre-race routine:

woke up early and took the dogs out. poptarts for breakfast and drove the 15 minutes to the race site
Event warmup:

little jogging between the bathroom breaks
Run
  • 2h 40m 38s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 12m 16s  min/mile
Comments:

Not my day. Had alot of things crop up in the last month and I guess thats what got me. Plan was to stay with Marcy at 10:30 pace but I melted in mile 4 and she was gone by mile 5. I didn't handle the humidity or heat well. I carried water and was never at a need but I just got too hot on the beach road.
What would you do differently?:

Not miss the last month of training.
Post race
What limited your ability to perform faster:

Life :).

The restaurant got real busy on Friday and we didn't have enough help. I spent 4 hours on the floor helping and that probably was a bad idea but it only compounded the missed training.

Event comments:

Very well done race I just had to many things going on in the last month and wasn't physically as ready as I should have been. I think I did 10 miles of this course in October at a 10:30 pace so I was relying on base that didn't carry me today. Well organized fun race. I look forward to doing it again.




Last updated: 2008-10-06 12:00 AM
Running
02:40:38 | 13.1 miles | 12m 16s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/14
Overall: 0/154
Performance: Below average
1 9:59 142 2 10:22 147 3 10:31 149 4 10:30 153 5 11.30 155 6 12.23 152 7 11:54 151 8 11.27 149 9 14.12 143 10 14.20 136 11 14.30 138 12 14.05 137 13 13.51 138 .1 1.12 154 avg hr 145
Course: Terrific course, starts at Orange Beach sportsplex and hits the back country trail after half a mile. The trail is all paved but through the woods. Trail ends at mile 3 then next 6 miles along the beach road and a mile into the state park. Back on the trail for the last 3 and finishes back at sportsplex. Loop course.
Keeping cool Bad Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 2
Good race? No
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? No
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 4