Bank of America Gasparilla Half-Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Tampa Bay, Florida
United States
Bank of America
55F / 13C
Overcast
 		Total Time = 1h 51m 34s
Overall Rank = 574/3439
Age Group = M35-39
Age Group Rank = 90/295
Pre-race routine:

Had a bagel with cream cheese and a cups of coffee to loose everything up!
Event warmup:

Light strecthing and 1/2 mile run. Hit the head to make sure the coffee worked and it did!
Run
  • 1h 51m 34s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 08m 31s  min/mile
Comments:

Run was good held an 8 minute pace for the 1st 8 then we turned into a 20+ mph head wind on the open water. BAM! Took everything I to try and maintain an 8:45 to the turn around. Running down wind I figured I could make up the time but I was spent for the last 2.5 miles. The wind was so strong, that the cups people were dropping at the aid stations were passing us at and 8:15 pace. Now that was funny.
What would you do differently?:

not much
Post race
Warm down:

light run and some serious stretching. Hit the food from the Columbia restaurant. Always good!

Did a light 10 mile bike with my son late in the after noon to stretch everthing out.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

The wind!!!!!!

Event comments:

Great Race thanks to all the volunteers and my wife for coming out!




Last updated: 2009-03-02 12:00 AM
Running
01:51:34 | 13.1 miles | 08m 31s  min/mile
Age Group: 90/295
Overall: 574/3439
Performance: Good
1 08m 06s 1.00 miles 08m 06s /mile 165 178 2 07m 55s 1.00 miles 07m 55s /mile 175 177 3 07m 59s 1.00 miles 07m 59s /mile 177 182 4 08m 02s 1.00 miles 08m 02s /mile 180 184 5 08m 06s 1.00 miles 08m 06s /mile 182 185 6 08m 13s 1.00 miles 08m 13s /mile 183 187 7 08m 12s 1.00 miles 08m 12s /mile 184 190 8 08m 12s 1.00 miles 08m 12s /mile 188 190 9 08m 30s 1.00 miles 08m 30s /mile 190 194 10 09m 15s 1.00 miles 09m 15s /mile 187 192 11 09m 08s 1.00 miles 09m 08s /mile 187 190 12 08m 56s 1.00 miles 08m 56s /mile 188 193 13 08m 55s 1.00 miles 08m 55s /mile 191 193 14 02m 07s 0.24 miles 08m 44s /mile 193 194
Course: was good my gps showed I ran 13.25 not 13.1 but whatever
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 4
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time?
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 5