Bank of America Gasparilla Half-Marathon

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Bank of America Gasparilla Half-Marathon - Run


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Tampa Bay, Florida
United States
Bank of America
65F / 18C
Precipitation
 		Total Time = 1h 50m 52s
Overall Rank = 328/1769
Age Group = M25-29
Age Group Rank = 29/79
Pre-race routine:

Got up at 4am, chugged two Double Espresso's, ate a banana, ate 1/2 ClifBar, and did... well... emptied all the tanks.
Event warmup:

stetched and jogged about 1/4mi
Run
  • 1h 50m 52s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 08m 28s  min/mile
Comments:

I wanted to run this like a 10K since I've been getting ready for Nationals with nothing but speed work for 4 weeks. So I sandbagged the first 7mi and ran a 10K pace when I was within sight of the mile 7 marker, which put me at about 6.2mi left.

Good news... I ran the final 10K in 43:12! That's 6:58min/mi! This training hard stuff is working.

Forgot my splits:
8:54
8:48
8:43
8:50
8:46
9:03
8:20
7:47
7:32
7:12
6:59
6:52
6:50

What would you do differently?:

nothing
Post race
Warm down:

Ate and drank a lot. I had 3 bananas, 2 bottles of water, a bagel, some Coke, and a ClifBar. The humidity got me near the end and I crammped at mile 12 but ran through it.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

nothing

Event comments:

Great to see all the BT people in Tampa. Much love.




Last updated: 2006-02-16 12:00 AM
Running
01:50:52 | 13.1 miles | 08m 28s  min/mile
Age Group: 29/79
Overall: 328/1769
Performance: Good
Course:
Keeping cool Good Drinking Not enough
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] 3

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2006-02-28 12:13 AM

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2006-02-28 12:34 AM
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Expert
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Raleigh, NC
Subject: RE: Bank of America Gasparilla Half-Marathon
Nice race. Man, there were gobs of BTers there...must be a fun event!
2006-02-28 7:00 AM
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Champion
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Subject: RE: Bank of America Gasparilla Half-Marathon

Wow that was a great race for you, and you just totally ran away from us right from the gun!  Congrats on the 1:50, it wasn't ideal running conditions!

 

2006-02-28 8:44 AM
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Buttercup
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Subject: RE: Bank of America Gasparilla Half-Marathon

Your avatar...

I'm glad you finally caught up with us Saturday night. Happy that you are happy with your run, too!

2006-02-28 9:25 AM
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Champion
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Wisconsin
Subject: RE: Bank of America Gasparilla Half-Marathon
gee you're fast! Almost makes up for that wacky avatar!  You'll have to go sub 1:45 to be completely forgiven, though.
2006-02-28 10:42 AM
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Champion
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Rochester Hills, Michigan
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Subject: RE: Bank of America Gasparilla Half-Marathon
Nice race, Ken...that last 10K is hot smokin fast.  You are going to be ready to kick it at nationals.  Most excellent!!!

2006-02-28 11:26 AM
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Elite
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Hendersonville
Subject: RE: Bank of America Gasparilla Half-Marathon
I wish we had seen each other for more than 10 minutes, but it was better than nothing!! Great job on Sunday - woohoo!!
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