26th Annual SKUNK CABBAGE CLASSIC - RunHalf Marathon


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Ithaca, New York
United States
Finger Lakes Running Club
40sF / 0C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 1h 59m 50s
Overall Rank = 238/369
Age Group = 20-29
Age Group Rank = 47/86
Pre-race routine:

Ate 2 bagels, 4 pieces of pixza (some w/o cheese), lots of pasta the day before to carb load (there was more in there, too). Day of was a smoothie with banana, peanut butter, soy milk & chocolate (better recovery drink) about 3 hours before the race. Forgot to drink my Gatorade. Drank a tea on the hour ride up.
Event warmup:

Three minute jog with lots o' stretching. Started with some yoga moves and went from there.
Run
  • 1h 59m 50s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 09m 09s  min/mile
Comments:

My right calf cramped up before the 2 mile mark and I had some rubbing going on under both arms...never had that happen before. So it was a painful 1/2 mary. By the time I hit 10 miles I turned my decent form (which I consider to be good distance per stride with comfy/slow respirations) into a Hunchback of Notre Dame-style techniqe. Everything was cramping in my right like so I was leading with the left and trying to swing the right forward.
What would you do differently?:

Not race 9 miles the week before. My attitude wasn't good going into the first few miles of the race. I had a "why am I here?" moment and a "running this long is stoopid" moment. Last week I'd do a little dance at each mile marker and this week I cursed each one. Ha. My hydration was so off. I didn't drink nearly enough WATER in the days leading up to the race and my hamstrings were so tight still.
Post race
Warm down:

Wasn't impressed with the post-race fete. I grabbed a banana and a few cups of Gatorade then hit the shower. Got in line for a quick massage and then hit the road. Grabbed a snickers bar about 20 minutes from home because I was STARVING. Guess the two gels during the run weren't going to tide me over. Once I hit home I went to the Y and got in about 15 minutes of cycling and 15 minutes of swimming (was scheduled for a 30 min swim/2 hour bike/30 min run for my training day).

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Not hydrated enough. My gels worked pretty good, but I think I should have had one more..but I was uncomfortable with the two in my bra as it was. The edge of the wrapper poked me a bit.

Event comments:

Nothing thrilled me about this race. It was a $15 entry fee and I CAN say on the bright side it was nice that we had timing chips.




Last updated: 2009-01-16 12:00 AM
Running
01:59:50 | 13.1 miles | 09m 09s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/86
Overall: 0/369
Performance: Average
TBA
Course: ROLLING hills like whoa, smelly wild fowl sanctuary and lots of farms.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Not enough
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 2
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
Good race? Ok
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? No
Post race activities: Below average
Race evaluation [1-5] 2