Detroit Free Press/Flagstar Bank Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Detroit, Michigan
United States
Detroit Free Press / Flagstar Bank
40F / 4C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 2h 04m 6s
Overall Rank = 2169/12584
Age Group = 25-29
Age Group Rank = 187/681
Pre-race routine:

The day after - carb up my self since lunch- 1.5 bagel with eggs, ham, cheese. Ikea hot dog + cinnamon bun, Mexican town for dinner, 2 huge scope of ice cream when I get home.

7 hr of sleep, wake up at 5:00 and do some stretch

breakfast:
oatmeal + fruit
1/4 glass of milk
2 boil eggs
Event warmup:

run/walk/jam around to look for bathroom booth in the dark. Jumping up and down to hold on at the long bathroom line... if that's consider a warm up.

No time left to do any warmup/stretching. Don't even have time to go back to my time chute after bathroom. Beside, its too crowd to even lift my leg up for stretching.
Run
  • 2h 04m 6s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 09m 28s  min/mile
Comments:

1. Feeling hungry at first 5k.

2. A little traffic jam in the beginning of the bridge. (I look at it as a little break)

3. Feeling a little dizzy at the last 3 mile
What would you do differently?:

1. Should have eat more or drink a boost 1 hr before race.

2. Stop less at water station.

3. Practice drinking from paper cup while running.

4. Drink with my mouth, instead of sucking Gatorade with my nose.

5. concentrate on the spin at finish line instead of looking around trying to find my wife in the crowd.

Pre-race:
- try to wake up a bit earlier.
- Eat a little more for breakfast.
- Empty all my "natural human waste products" before leaving home.
- Get to the race earlier
- Study the course map



Post race
Warm down:

Walk around mindlessly. Drink water. Can't even lift my leg to walk up the curb. Its hard enough not to sit down right away, let alone stretching.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

I think I did the best I can do. If I have to label any limit, I would say the bathroom break in the beginning. Might be a bit more breakfast would help. And the traffic jam at the bridge as well. But those are very minor.

If I keep training, I think I can do much better next year.

Event comments:

too crowd and a bit lack of organization. But considering 18000 people racing on a fixed width course, I think its doing very well.




Last updated: 2008-10-20 12:00 AM
Running
02:04:06 | 13.1 miles | 09m 28s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/681
Overall: 0/12584
Performance: Good
Course: Detroit downtown -> bridge -> Windsor river side -> tunnel -> Cobo Hall -> unknown downtown area -> Compuware building
Keeping cool Good Drinking Too much
Post race
Weight change: %0
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 5
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] 5