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Comments: It was drizzling, cloudy and windy! I wanted to break 1:40:00, but was skeptical due to the weather and less speed work in my training. Once we started running north it was pretty windy. I stayed with the 3:20:00 pace group and knew that if i could run with them until we split that i could make it back with the wind pushing me. The first 1/2 of the course is slightly downhill, but the wind was right in our faces. The second 1/2 is a little uphill, but i had the wind at my back. I strided along pretty easily at 7:25 pace. I hit the 15k at 69:30 and felt good. I started to feel a little tired at mile 11, but i just kept checking my pace and picking it up if needed and i stayed right where i wanted. The last 200m me and this guy raced each other down the finish. I barely out kicked him in the end. It was a fun way to end the race. What would you do differently?: Nothing besides maybe go out a little faster. I didn't know what i had in terms of speed.  Post race
Warm down: Get to the car fast because i was wet and cold! What limited your ability to perform faster: Maybe the wind. Event comments: Great race on a fast course. It's usually in the 50's and sunny, so a great race to set PR's. Last updated: 2008-04-08 12:00 AM
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 2008-04-28 1:18 PM |
Expert  939    Tulsa |  Subject: OKC Memorial Half Marathon |
| 2008-04-28 4:27 PM in reply to: #1366946 |
Alpharetta, Georgia Bronze member | Subject: RE: OKC Memorial Half Marathon |
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Age Group = 18-24
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Got up at 5:00am and ate a mini bagel with pb and honey. Stretched a little and double checked to make sure i had everything before i left the hotel.
The only warm up i had was going into the chruch where they serve pancakes and waiting for the race to start because it was cold! I stretched as much as i could and jumped in line behind the 3:20 marathon pace group.
Last year i started further back and it took forever to get to the start line. And when i finally started running i was passing people like crazy and people walking. So this year i got up to the front and it took about 5 seconds and we were off and running.