Yakima River Canyon Marathon - RunMarathon


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Ellensburg, Washington
United States
On the Run Events
30F / -1C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 4h 09m 15s
Overall Rank = 183/
Age Group = 40-45
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

Up at 4:30am waffles and peanutbutter and coffee.
Event warmup:

No warmup just waited for the horn to get started.
Run
  • 4h 09m 15s
  • 26.2 miles
  • 09m 31s  min/mile
Comments:

The run was awsome the scenery great. it was mostly down hill with 3 uphills the 3rd one was long and a little brutal and someone had the brite idea to put it at mile 22,the uphill part was ok the down killed my quads.other than that the race was great and I had a lot of fun.
What would you do differently?:

I need to train more on hills the down just killed me or maybe it was the fact i've never run that far before. I still need more hill work
Post race
Warm down:

Walked around for awhile tried to sit but my quads were trashed.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

My performance was right were I wanted it to be I could'nt ask for any better.

Event comments:

The race was very organized and lot's of people to help. The post race dinner was great I can't wait to do this again.




Last updated: 2008-11-20 12:00 AM
Running
04:09:15 | 26.2 miles | 09m 31s  min/mile
Age Group: 4045/
Overall: 183/
Performance: Good
Course: The course followed the Yakima river from Ellensburg to Selah.The river looked very inviting i'ts a good thing it was just out of reach or I would have jumped in.
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: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 5