Weston Rotary 1/2 Marathon

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Weston, Florida
United States
70F / 21C
Overcast
 		Total Time = 1h 55m 1s
Overall Rank = /
Age Group = 50-54
Age Group Rank = 16/
Pre-race routine:

Eat a banana, bathroom, etc. Drive to site.
Event warmup:

Slow jog, a couple of strides, stretching.
Run
  • 1h 55m 1s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 08m 47s  min/mile
Comments:

Great run. My goal was to break 2 hours and I figured a 9 minute mile would put me at about 1:58. My first mile was 9:00, second was 8:31, much faster than I planned but I felt good. Slowed down to about 8:40 until mile 12. Last 2 miles were at about 9:00. I was surprised how good I felt at the 8:40 pace.
What would you do differently?:

Nothing. This was a great race for me. Much better than expected, both mentally and physically.
Post race
Warm down:

Walk around, get some pancakes, drink water.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Genetics.

Event comments:

I think all the triathlons and training has made me much stronger mentally. At mile 7 I felt great and told myself, "Only a 10k to go!!" and kept up my positive attitude. The old me would have been thinking "I am barely half done with this and still have a 10k left.




Last updated: 2005-12-11 12:00 AM
Running
01:55:01 | 13.1 miles | 08m 47s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/
Performance: Good
How is this for consistency? 1 - 9:07 2 - 8:31 3,4 - 17:28 (8:44) 5 - 8:40 6 - 8:41 7 - 8:39 8 - 8:35 9 - 8:46 10,11 - 17.35 (8:47) 12 - 8.56 13 - 9:00 :55
Course: Circular route around Weston on town streets.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 5
Physical exertion [1-5] 5
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? No
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 4

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2005-12-11 6:22 PM

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Subject: Weston Rotary 1/2 Marathon

2005-12-11 7:23 PM
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I see you must have a Garmin or something like it also...
Nice run man.... do you think you could have gotten away with a 10 or 20 second faster pace? or were you gassed?  Seems being that consistant can only mean next time  you will do better.

Nice race
2005-12-11 9:25 PM
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Bob, you looked so good coming into that finish line.  You're improving so much it's just great.  WAY TO GO!

Sharon

2005-12-12 12:48 PM
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WOOHOO great job!!!  You went so fast!! I'm so happy for you.  Hope you feel great
2005-12-12 2:50 PM
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Subject: RE: Weston Rotary 1/2 Marathon
Biseman - 2005-12-11 7:23 PM

I see you must have a Garmin or something like it also...
Nice run man.... do you think you could have gotten away with a 10 or 20 second faster pace? or were you gassed?  Seems being that consistant can only mean next time  you will do better.

Nice race


I didn't use the Garmin for the race. I don't want to be ruled by the watch, just run by how I feel. I don't think I could have gone 10 - 20 seconds faster per mile. That was my max and my legs are feeling it today. I need to run some faster long runs during my training.
2005-12-13 10:16 AM
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Subject: RE: Weston Rotary 1/2 Marathon
WOO HOO!  Way to go BOB!  You rocked that race!  You destroyed your goal!  By 5 whole mins too!  Damn - did awesome.  Congrats on a great race.

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