Shamrock Sportsfest Marathon - RunMarathon


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Virginia Beach, Virginia
United States
Shamrock Sportsfest
50F / 10C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 5h 00m 37s
Overall Rank = 2045/2555
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 219/253
Pre-race routine:

Bad night sleeping. Woke up at 5:30 for 8:00 start. Ate bagel and two bananas, drink 3/4 of a gatorade, and a couple of sips of water. One more banana at 6:30, after a hot shower.
Event warmup:

Jogged down to the start line (1/4 mile)and back to hotel with knee brace on and off. Decided for no knee brace. Talked to fellow runners and posed for pics.
Run
  • 5h 00m 37s
  • 26.2 miles
  • 11m 28s  min/mile
What would you do differently?:

Start out slower when unsure of conditioning / injury.
Post race
Warm down:

Stumbled across the finish. Got my finisher's medal. To the water bottles. Downed one. Waved to wife. Stumbled to the bananas. Downed one. Saw coach. Got my reflective cape thingy & lunch bag with drink tickets. Found my wife and went down near the tent. She got me a beer. I went into the water knee deep (ice bath?) thought about a celebratory swim, but thought that would be a stupid way to die. Had some salty (yum!) stew and drank 3 more beers and off we went. 4 beers in 43 minutes!

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Ravaged with injuries for the since March 1. Started too fast.

Event comments:

Outstanding support, good crowds, great tent with beers & band.




Last updated: 2008-11-29 12:00 AM
Running
05:00:37 | 26.2 miles | 11m 28s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/253
Overall: 0/2555
Performance: Below average
Ran first half in 2:18, felt that this was reasonable to finish around 4:45. I was wrong. The run down the boardwalk was great.
Course:
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %2%
Overall: Below average
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
Good race? No
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