The Cowtown - Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Fort Worth, Texas
United States
The Cowtown
30F / -1C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 00m
Overall Rank = /
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

Battle the traffic to Fort Worth, eat a peanut butter bagel and banana while doing it.
Event warmup:

Stand in line for the porta-potty, try to keep warm!
Run
  • 2h 19m 24s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 10m 38s  min/mile
Comments:

1st two miles were FREEZING, literally...30 degrees and 20 MPH winds. Not fun! But warmed up by mile 4 and stripped off the first layer. Mile 5, stripped off the 2nd layer. Left knee and right hip were NOT happy by mile 10 or so. Think it was partially attributed to the cold.
What would you do differently?:

Suffer through the cold at the start and not wear so many layers.
Post race
Warm down:

Head to the car and turn on the seat heaters, and eat, drink and be merry at Joe T. Garcia's!

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Left knee/right hip pain. Massive wind!

Event comments:

Amazing organization for having 5 events in one day.




Last updated: 2009-02-19 12:00 AM
Running
02:19:24 | 13.1 miles | 10m 38s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/
Performance: Good
Course: Flat, some slight inclines but no major "Seattle-type" hills!
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
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