Houston Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Houston, Texas
United States
Houston Marathon Committee
60F / 16C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 2h 04m 57s
Overall Rank = 1725/6350
Age Group = Male 30-34
Age Group Rank = 190/456
Pre-race routine:

Standard morning routine before long run.
Event warmup:

Walking around the convention center to drop off your bag and get ready then walking the half mile to the starting corral is plenty of walking to warm up.
Run
  • 2h 04m 57s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 09m 32s  min/mile
Comments:

Ran with Erin for the first nine miles at a consistent 10:00 minute/mile. After the turn around and leaving Erin I was at 1:30 with four miles to go. I should know better than to do math when running, but I thought that if I ran 8:30 minute/miles for the last four miles I could break two hours. After I reached mile 11 I realized that 7:30 minute/miles would put me in just under two hours. Oh well, I ran 8:30 minute/miles for the last four miles as I felt great and I ended up with a good time.

Checkpoint Course Split
6.2 miles 01:02:35.000 10:04 01:02:35.000 10:04
8.8 Mile 01:28:57.000 10:06 00:26:22.000 10:12
Finish 02:04:57.500 09:32 00:36:00.500 08:22
What would you do differently?:

Not do math while running.
Post race
Warm down:

Ended up walking three miles back out on the marathon course to wait for Erin with Stephen and Marissa and cheer Erin on, then walked back to the finish line. Six miles was plenty of a cool-down walk.

Event comments:

Another year, another Houston Marathon/Half Marathon. It's definitely a fun event and want to at least run the half marathon every year.




Last updated: 2009-01-17 12:00 AM
Running
02:04:57 | 13.1 miles | 09m 32s  min/mile
Age Group: 190/456
Overall: 1725/6350
Performance: Good
Course:
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
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