Get in Gear Inaugural Half-Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Minneapolis, Minnesota
United States
Get in Gear, Inc.
43F / 6C
Overcast
 		Total Time = 1h 50m 43s
Overall Rank = 221/807
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 42/96
Pre-race routine:

Had a big bowl of oatmeal, blueberries & milk. Went to go pick up some gels, but neither Cub or WAL*MART carry it. Picked up some SportsBeans instead. Eh. Drove up with Cindy and parked west of Minnehaha.
Event warmup:

Nothing. Got Cindy some safety pins. Put my sweats in the bag and left the bag at the bag drop-off.
Run
  • 1h 50m 43s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 08m 27s  min/mile
Comments:

Haven't really trained for this, so didn't have big expectations. I knew I wasn't going to PR, but I felt pretty good.

Big venue. Over 10,000 people there, and they started the 10K and half marathon at about the same time. I waited until the gun start, and let people go by since it was chip timed. As soon as I saw people go by at about running pace, I joined in and that way I was running by the time I got to the timing mat.

Fairly flat and downhill until the turnaround. I started thinking at mile 4 that this was going to be a painful run back. Suprisingly I had a strong mile 7 (uphill 8:23 min/mi) & 9 (uphill 8:04). I think I took it TOO strong, because miles 10-12 I really slowed (8:35, 8:34, 8:47). HTHU at mile 13. Anyone can run a mile right? Had just a little left to pick up the pace the last 0.2 miles.
What would you do differently?:

Train more.
Post race
Warm down:

Grabbed a water, Pearson's Nut Roll, chocolate milk, banana, orange juice.

Stopped by McDonald's and got a double cheeseburger. :)

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Not enough training.

Event comments:

Great spring race. Always seems to be cold, but IT DIDN'T RAIN! Will do this every year with my wife (she did the 10K).




Last updated: 2009-01-19 12:00 AM
Running
01:50:43 | 13.1 miles | 08m 27s  min/mile
Age Group: 42/96
Overall: 221/807
Performance: Good
Mile 1 & 2 (8:39, 8:39), 3-8:07, 4-8:34, 5-8:12, 6-8:32, 7-8:23, 8-8:31, 9-8:04, 10-8:35, 11-8:34, 12-8:47, 13-8:23
Course: Fairly flat and downhill until the turnaround at mile 6.5.
Keeping cool Below average Drinking Too much
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 2
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
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: Below average
Race evaluation [1-5] 4