ING Miami Marathon - RunMarathon


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Miami, Florida
United States
INGPR Racing Inc.
68F / 20C
Overcast
Total Time = 4h 23m 10s
Overall Rank = 1192/2904
Age Group = M 40-44
Age Group Rank = 177/350
Pre-race routine:

Woke up at 5am, ate two Kashi Granola bars, drank some water.
Event warmup:

Walked from Hotel to start line, about a mile, had to stand around at the start anyway. Most of warm up was the first few miles of the race.
Run
  • 4h 23m 10s
  • 26.2 miles
  • 10m 02s  min/mile
Comments:

The humidity was about 95%, I was sweating while waiting in the coral for the start. The first three miles were very very hot for me, I tried to just maintain a steady pace. Walked the water stops, took 1 gatoraide and 1 water at each stop, walked until finished drinking and HR was down in the low 130's. I ran through some sprinklers at around mile 5 or 6. A very light rain hit around mile 8 or so, this was very helpful as the temp and humidity both dropped. Things weren't as bad, if not for the rain I might have switched and just run the half. The first half had tons of spectators, the second have was far less. Water stops were about every mile or so after the 3 mile mark.
What would you do differently?:

Pray for cooler, less humid weather.
Post race
Warm down:

Walked through to the end of the finishing corral, got my medal, found my wife, took a picture and walked back to the hotel. Didn't do much else, was just too hot and tired to really do much of anything.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Weight, I actually gained about 5-8 lbs over the Holidays. Heat and Humidity which I'm not used to being from the Northern states.

Event comments:

This was a great race, the water stops were frequent and well manned, never had any trouble getting water and gatoraide. They offered other things but I didn't partake in any of the gels, oranges, or other items.

The only thing I didn't like on the course were the open grate lift bridges, they seemed to be an easy spot to catch a toe and stumble if you weren't really careful going across them.




Last updated: 2009-01-20 12:00 AM
Running
04:23:10 | 26.2 miles | 10m 02s  min/mile
Age Group: 177/350
Overall: 1192/2904
Performance: Average
Lap Data Lap Time Distance Pace/Speed AHR MHR 1 10m 14s 1.00 miles 10m 14s /mile 139 148 2 09m 35s 1.00 miles 09m 35s /mile 141 144 3 10m 16s 1.00 miles 10m 16s /mile 140 149 4 10m 04s 1.00 miles 10m 04s /mile 140 149 5 09m 37s 1.00 miles 09m 37s /mile 140 147 6 10m 21s 1.00 miles 10m 21s /mile 136 146 7 09m 51s 1.00 miles 09m 51s /mile 138 142 8 09m 31s 1.00 miles 09m 31s /mile 142 144 9 10m 56s 1.00 miles 10m 56s /mile 140 152 10 09m 50s 1.00 miles 09m 50s /mile 142 148 11 09m 42s 1.00 miles 09m 42s /mile 145 151 12 09m 56s 1.00 miles 09m 56s /mile 145 151 13 09m 47s 1.00 miles 09m 47s /mile 145 151 14 09m 42s 1.00 miles 09m 42s /mile 147 156 15 10m 27s 1.00 miles 10m 27s /mile 146 152 16 09m 58s 1.00 miles 09m 58s /mile 147 152 17 10m 01s 1.00 miles 10m 01s /mile 148 154 18 09m 56s 1.00 miles 09m 56s /mile 147 155 19 09m 49s 1.00 miles 09m 49s /mile 149 154 20 09m 49s 1.00 miles 09m 49s /mile 150 155 21 09m 53s 1.00 miles 09m 53s /mile 150 155 22 10m 09s 1.00 miles 10m 09s /mile 150 157 23 09m 30s 1.00 miles 09m 30s /mile 155 160 24 10m 52s 1.00 miles 10m 52s /mile 150 160 25 10m 40s 1.00 miles 10m 40s /mile 150 161 26 10m 11s 1.00 miles 10m 11s /mile 155 165 27 02m 42s 0.33 miles 08m 06s /mile 161 169
Course: http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/training/map.asp?routeid=119834
Keeping cool Below average Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
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] 4