Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Cincinnati, Ohio
United States
Cincinnati Marathon, Inc.
53F / 12C
Precipitation
 		Total Time = 1h 59m 38s
Overall Rank = 1748/3086
Age Group = M45-49
Age Group Rank = 110/316
Pre-race routine:

Got up at 4 am, ate some instant oatmeal, and a banana. Drove with my son to race sight arriving at 5:30.
Event warmup:

Sat in the car until 6 and then walked to the start.
Run
  • 1h 59m 38s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 09m 08s  min/mile
Comments:

This was a hard run. Physically I pushed harder and felt worse than when I ran a 1:46 last season. The run was nice, not too congested, good views of city and despite the rain, good crowd support.
What would you do differently?:

I knew that I was being effected by the economy, pressures from my boss, my increased travel with my job, etc, but didn't realize that it took this much of a toll. Or it's the leg problem, I don't know. I have not been training well lately and I am going to see an orthopod(sp?) to see what can be done. I need more pain free long runs.
Post race
Warm down:

Walked around, ate, then walked back to my car. My son finished 20 minutes before me and was kinda cold, so we left right away.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Training, duh! I am having this pain behind my knee at the top of the calf and it got so painful that one of my mile splits was over 11 minutes. At that point, I was ready to give up, but decided to push harder and see what happened. The next mile was 9:28 and got faster from there with my final mile at 7:35.

Event comments:

Very well run race, started right on time!




Last updated: 2009-01-19 12:00 AM
Running
01:59:38 | 13.1 miles | 09m 08s  min/mile
Age Group: 110/316
Overall: 1748/3086
Performance: Below average
Ave. HR was 161.
Course: Some hills up and down.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Not enough
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
Physical exertion [1-5] 4
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Too hard
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 4