Shamrock Sportsfest Marathon - RunMarathon


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Virginia Beach, Virginia
United States
Shamrock Sportsfest
33F / 1C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 3h 33m 15s
Overall Rank = 357/2555
Age Group = 35-39
Age Group Rank = 71/277
Pre-race routine:

got in a half a bagel before we left the B&B and did most all my stretching cause i knew it was gonna be cold out there again today. we also went to the race early to see the girls off on the 1/2 that started a hour earlier than the marathon
Event warmup:

stripped off cloths at last min. the bag drop was right at the start line. but i was so cold i forgot my gels in my bag. Rick and Zach both gave me one each to get me to mile 16 where they were gonna have some. but never seen any there so from that point on was searching the road side for any thing that was dropped.
Run
  • 00m
  • 26.2 miles
  •  min/mile
Comments:

ok after i passed where the gels were gonna be i ran into Zach around mile 22 and he said he had crashed too. all of a sudden i see a zip lock bag with Cliff Block Shots in it and it soon became lunch and was a life saver. at mile 23 they had gels and water and was just enough along with the shots to get my butt over the line. felt pretty good at the end but sure couldnt have felt worse than i did at mile 21-22
What would you do differently?:

make sure i have all my stuff before i check my bag. i did go back and ask them if i could have my bag back but they said if i see it i can get it but they were all thrown in a pile and of course everyone used the same bag.
Post race
Warm down:

things were pretty sore my L foot was swelling pretty good and my R knee was hurting do to the canter of the road the last half of the race.so i went down to the beach and found my sister and waited for Rick to finish

What limited your ability to perform faster:

had to be food intake for sure i felt real good the first half but crappy the second. plus i cannot leave out the lack of training, surely need to get in more than i got.

Event comments:

it was a good and fun race i would do it again but would need to get more training and work on some hills for the dreaded long climb




Last updated: 2009-01-03 12:00 AM
Running
00:00:00 | 26.2 miles |  min/mile
Age Group: 71/277
Overall: 357/2555
Performance: Good
Course: the first half of the course was almost the same as the Rock n Roll VA Beach1/2 the second half went North. from mile 14 till 19 was up hill and was miserably long not real steep just kept going.at the top it never seemed to go back down quite as much as it went up.
Keeping cool Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks?
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 4