Carlsbad Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Carlsbad, California
United States
In Motion
Overcast
 		Total Time = 1h 47m 23s
Overall Rank = 1155/7151
Age Group = M 30934
Age Group Rank = 170/470
Pre-race routine:

Got there just in time, not much warm up. Just some stretching and a couple of quick sprints.
Run
  • 00m
  • 13.1 miles
  •  min/mile
Comments:

Pretty cool, the stations we plentiful, they had music, and the wave start helped reduce the congestion at the start. It was fun to see the marathon leaders coming home, those guys can fly! I finished with a marathoner that was trying to hit 3:10. I can only dream of that at this point.
What would you do differently?:

Nothing, I think it was awesome and I will be back.
Post race
Warm down:

Stretch, but not much.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Riding 2 hours the day before.

Event comments:

Will be back, hopefully will have the wife running by then too.




Last updated: 2009-01-28 12:00 AM
Running
00:00:00 | 13.1 miles |  min/mile
Age Group: 0/470
Overall: 0/7151
Performance: Good
Course: Loved the course, roller hills that let you accelerate on the way down, up wasn't too steep. It was great running weather, not too cold, but cool. I really like the wave start for the half marathon. I moved up to wave 2 instead of 3 as the pace group I was looking for was there. I was using it as a training run for a HIM in April, and I did a decent ride the day before. Overall, I was happy with my time. I have done a Full Marathon, but never actually an organized HM, so I set my PR I suppose. I ran it relatively hard, but I think I could have gone faster, espeically if I can eliminate the PP stop I always seem to have to make.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
Good race?
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 4