Cincinnati Flying Pig Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Cincinnati, Ohio
United States
Flying Pig Marathon
53F / 12C
Precipitation
 		Total Time = 1h 57m 56s
Overall Rank = 1568/8594
Age Group = F35-59
Age Group Rank = 98/889
Pre-race routine:

Had a blueberry bagel around 4:30am while still trying to sleep some more. Up and out of the hotel by around 5:30 and moving towards the stadium where the race start was.
Event warmup:

Sprinting to and from the port-potties at the last minute constituted my only warm-up to this race.
Run
  • 1h 57m 56s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 09m  min/mile
Comments:

This was my first half mary of the season, I wasn't really trained for it (and even less trained for the hills!), but went into it with a good attitude anyway. Was happy to be out there, enjoying the company of the weekend and being able to step up to a half marathon start line again.

I didn't have much of a plan. Basically - stay conservative the first half of the course, manage the uphills so I didn't bust up, and completely cruise the downhills.

And - I did exactly that. The 3 miles of down at the end were a BLAST. I passed SO MANY people who were putting the brakes on, afraid of letting gravity help them out. This is not something I understand. I love love LOVE the downhills like that! And actually - the last 5k of this race came very close to my best ever 5k time - THAT'S how downhill it was.

In the end, I can't remember the last time I had so much fun racing. Mile signs kept popping up before I was even expecting them. The entire race just absolutely FLEW by.

And if you'd like to read an "I-can't-believe-she-wrote-this-damn-much!" account of the race, visit my blog:

http://www.intheballpark.net/2009/05/08/when-pigs-fly/

What would you do differently?:

Maybe push just a tad harder in the beginning? But - that might have made the rest of the race less enjoyable... and I totally enjoyed this race. So - I suppose I wouldn't do anything differently.
Post race
Warm down:

Walking through the water - medals - etcetera. GREAT post-race food.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Training.

Event comments:

I don't have a bad thing to say about this race. Expo was awesome. Goody-bag had a ton of great stuff in it. Course was a lot of fun. Medals and post-race food was top-notch.




Last updated: 2009-01-10 12:00 AM
Running
01:57:56 | 13.1 miles | 09m  min/mile
Age Group: 98/889
Overall: 1568/8594
Performance: Good
Mile - time - AHR - MHR - Ascent - Descent 1 - 9:24 - 157 - 166 - 108 - 83 2 - 8:59 - 164 - 171 - 104 - 134 3 - 9:23 - 164 - 171 - 126 - 80 4 - 8:54 - 163 - 170 - 94 - 142 5 - 9:24 - 164 - 170 - 117 - 55 6 - 8:39 - 169 - 172 - 156 - 172 7 - 9:50 - 172 - 175 - 214 - 56 8 - 9:17 - 173 - 176 - 185 - 86 9 - 8:51 - 174 - 177 - 105 - 99 10 - 9:00 - 175 - 177 - 84 - 27 11 - 7:50 - 174 - 178 - 26 - 193 12 - 8:05 - 176 - 178 - 38 - 146 13 - 7:18 - 179 - 181 - 263 - 325 14 - 3:02 - 181 - 182 - 128 - 186
Course: Rolling hills the first 6+ miles, then 2.5 miles up, a little flat, a little more up, then 3 miles DOWN. Very fun course.
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