Long Beach International Marathon - RunMarathon


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Long Beach, California
United States
60F / 16C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 2h 09m 1s
Overall Rank = 2457/7538
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 253/423
Pre-race routine:

Lots of traffic slow to get into downtown Long Beach parking structures. Thought we'd be 45 minutes early. Instead just enough time to get to the porta potty and get to the starting corral during the national anthem.
Run
  • 2h 09m 1s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 09m 51s  min/mile
Comments:

Just a beautiful day in Long Beach, and I ran a beautiful race, much to my surprise. Just two short walk breaks to fuel and a pretty consistent 9:45 pace with a better 2nd half split. I really just wanted to finish running and under 2:30, but 2:09 and only moderate pain just in the last 3 miles leaves me elated and ready for more.
What would you do differently?:

Nothing. I exceeded my expectations given only 5 wks of training after a 3 year layoff.
Post race
Warm down:

A little stretching, some muscle Kool spray (I liked it) and a beer.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Lack of training time and bum knee.

Event comments:

Great race, but the course was a little tough running the beach on a 10-12 ft wide path for 3 miles or so. Everyone was packed in narrow areas in many sections of the race. Unorganized start. Temps started in the low 50's. Finished in the upper 60's.




Last updated: 2008-10-12 12:00 AM
Running
02:09:01 | 13.1 miles | 09m 51s  min/mile
Age Group: 253/423
Overall: 2457/7538
Performance: Good
Course:
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: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 4