Houston Marathon - RunMarathon


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Houston, Texas
United States
Houston Marathon Committee
60F / 16C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 4h 52m
Overall Rank = /
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

Overnighted in the Alden Hotel. It's a small "boutique" type hotel that has a European feel to it. Small rooms, but everything's very nice. It's an easy six or seven block walk to the start line. Got up about 5:30, showered and had some water.
Event warmup:

Nothing except the walk from the hotel. Stood at the start line for about 20-minutes cooling off with everyone else.
Run
  • 4h 52m
  • 26.2 miles
  • 11m 09s  min/mile
Comments:

I tore something in my calf on my last long run, two weeks before the race. I debated DNS, but decided to show up[ and see if I was healed. Whatever it was srtarted acting up after about 1.5 miles, and then really let loose at about mile 7. I slowed down and started a run/walk at about mile 11 or 12.
What would you do differently?:

All in all, I should have either skipped this race or done a run/walk very slow pace from the beginning. Going to the doctor today...hopefully I have not screwed things up too badly.
Post race
Warm down:

Hobbled around to meet up with the family and get back to the car/hotel.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Calf Injury

Event comments:

Great martthon. BIG...lots of people. Hard to do too much with 20,000 runners.




Last updated: 2008-10-10 12:00 AM
Running
04:52:00 | 26.2 miles | 11m 09s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/
Performance: Bad
Course: Good course for the marathon. Single loop, all on paved streets. It is very congested the first ferw miles, but things really spread out around mile 9 where the Half and full courses split.
Keeping cool Average Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Below average
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
Good race? Ok
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Below average
Race evaluation [1-5] 5