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Race Reports for Crystal Lake Half Marathon 2006

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Race rating (4)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?No

  • Post race activities? Below average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Course marking notwithstanding, this was a very nice race especially for as low priced as it is. Drink stations every 2 miles was ok but wouldn't have been enough if the weather had been warmer.I think they had planned post race stuff, but no one hung around because of the weather.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: I had a lot of fun and really suprised myself with a great race. I think the rest over the last two weeks did my body more good than any more training would have. I feel fortunate that my base allowed me to pull of this run. I had absolutely no idea I was capable of keeping that kind of pace for the first 11 miles. I thought I would die at 6. I'm extremely pleased with this, especially after what I felt was a disappointing effort at Pleasant Prairie. Note - pics added - Mark K finishing strong, Schmize finishing strong, me finishing. In the one close up I look better than I feel :) Oh - I almost forgot. That firefighter? He finished in 3:17, not long after us due to his early start, and I went over and shook hands and congratulated him on his effort. It was remarkable.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities?
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: This was a nice race. I havent done many stand alone half's so I don't think it would be fair to assess a couple of the areas, however, they race was very well organized and staffed. There were plenty of volunteers and they were very enthusiastic.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?No

  • Post race activities? Below average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Nice local race. The mile markers didn't start until 4 miles, and then were a little short, I think. The last .1 of a mile was really more like .3. It all came out to 13.1 miles, but it was a little misleading earlier in the race when my pace looked to be beyond what I thought I was doing. In the end, this was a great race for me. I didn't want to do it, but caved to peer pressure and showed up. And so, thanks to those BT'ers I got myself a new PR by about 2 minutes. Whodda thunk it. :) Oh, and apparently 4 days of drinking and no sleep makes for a good training program. :)
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