OneAmerica 500 Festival Mini Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Indianapolis, Indiana
United States
500 Festival
55F / 13C
Overcast
 		Total Time = 1h 26m 57s
Overall Rank = 366/35000
Age Group = M35-39
Age Group Rank = 48/2111
Pre-race routine:

Bummed around the start line, had a small breakfast.
Event warmup:

Stretched and did a few accelerations. I am fortunate to be in the lead corral, so I was warming up with some of the pros and Kenyans. I met a guy and I told him, by god I am beating a kenyan today! So during warmups I just hammered past one of the pros and then at the end of the road I broke out in celebration, the kenyan thought it was pretty funny.
Run
  • 1h 26m 57s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 06m 38s  min/mile
Comments:

I was thrilled to get this time. Considering my knee was scoped in November and I had no idea how this would affect me. I came out a little too fast, the corral I was in was full of thoroughbreds, wow... some of those folks can run. I barely qualified for that corral. I knew at mile 7 I was still going strong but I worried about how it would affect my last 3 miles. All was going well, miles 11-12 were a little rough and had some cramping which I controlled with pace. Once the last mile came "it was on!". I couldn't get back to my earlier pace but it was good. Great race, great venue, some great bands and some not great bands on the course. Some cloggers, some square dancers, some cheerleaders, and for some odd reason two people in chipmunk costunes.
What would you do differently?:

Nada. Maybe cut back 3-5 sec/mi in the first 5 miles.
Post race
Warm down:

Food, beer, and walking.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Nothing, the weather was PERFECT - overcast and 55 deg

Event comments:

Great race, I'll be back.




Last updated: 2008-11-30 12:00 AM
Running
01:26:57 | 13.1 miles | 06m 38s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/2111
Overall: 0/35000
Performance: Good
6:28, 6:28, 6:27, 6:31, 6:38, 6:36, 6:38, 6:37, 6:37, 6:47, 6:44, 6:58, 6:50 Avg HR - 166, in Z4 for 1:21:04
Course: North through suburbs and industrial area in Indy, lap around the famed "Brickyard" home of the Indy500. Once out from there its 4 miles to the finish.
Keeping cool Average Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
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