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Mardi Gras Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon

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New Orleans, Louisiana
United States
Premier Event Management

Total Time = 2h 20m
Overall Rank = /
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 0/

Pre-race routine:

Woke up at 5:15; shot a gel and drank lots of water and coffee.

Event warmup:

Walked to the start of the race. That was warmup enough considering where the hotel was located.

Run

2h 20m
13.1 miles
10m 41s min/mile

Comments:

I was soooo not trained for this event. Been running but nothing long.....oh well. The right knee feels like someone is sticking an ice pick in it so have to deal with that now. Muscularly and aerobically I felt fine. I stopped at 4 different port-o-lets, stopped several times to stretch, stopped at every water stop and stopped to pet/play with a pug. The fact that I stopped so much and still came in under 2 1/2 hours shocked me.

What would you do differently?:

There is always that training thing I could have done more.

Post race

Warm down:

Warm up - walked to the race
Warm down - couldn't get a beer fast enough into the body

What limited your ability to perform faster:

right knee, hips, joints.........probably shouldn't have biked 50 miles the day before.

Last updated: 2008-02-27 12:00 AM

Running
02:20:00 \| 13.1 miles \| 10m 41s min/mile
Age Group:	0/
Overall:	0/
Performance:
Course:	I did this race about 10 years ago and it was a totally different route, which I loved.
Keeping cool		Drinking	Just right

Post race
Weight change:	%
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
Good race?

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]