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Frederick Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Frederick, Maryland
United States
Corrigan Sports
60F / 16C
Sunny
Total Time = 2h 05m 29s
Overall Rank = 903/1844
Age Group = 20-24
Age Group Rank = 23/34
Pre-race routine:

Spent the night at my cousins house about 15 minutes away from the race. This is the cousin who is a machine at these types of events. Woke up around 5:10 and got ready fairly quickly. Got some food in me and then headed to the race.
Event warmup:

After gettign there and figuring out what to wear shirt wise, I tried to find the bathroom for the last time but the lines were packed. Made my way to the time groups I was hoping to pace around.
Run
  • 2h 05m 29s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 09m 35s  min/mile
Comments:

Good run, but had bathroom problems around mile 6-6.5 Really had some movement around in my stomach and had to use the facilities. The people along the course were very nice and I was able to find a lady that offered her house for a restroom. After going upstairs and well... going to the bathroom ;) I felt 10000% better and went on my way thanking her about a bazillion times. Tried to keep the pace up but still relaxed knowing that I was out to just have fun. Around mile 10.5 my legs started to get really tired and I was forced to walk some. Sucked it up and continued to run and had a killer hill near the end of the run. about a 1/4 mile up hill which never seemed to end.
Rounding the end of the hill I saw my cousin who cheered me on and I went full sprint picking up some time and coming in around 2:07 clock time wise. Very happy with my results and race considering the lack of training and also just going out to have fun.
What would you do differently?:

Nothing I knew initially this was just a fun race. Maybe eat a little better and figure out nutrition during the race so I won't have these problems.
Post race
Warm down:

Tried to get some water and find my cousins. Ended up with my girl cousin (34) getting 1:54:27 and the machine Joe (34) got 1:28:12, which was 17th overall. FInally met up with them and tried to stretch out as best as I could. Got some more water in me and then headed back to the house to relax.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Bathroom problems

Event comments:

Good race, little different then the Baltimore race but you kind of expect that with the smaller town and considering the race did go off at 630 am




Last updated: 2008-01-13 12:00 AM
Running
02:05:29 | 13.1 miles | 09m 35s  min/mile
Age Group: 23/34
Overall: 34/1844
Performance: Average
Course: Semi hilly, I think Baltimore is a little worse or maybe I was a little better prepared for the hills considering it is in Frederick, MD and out in the country :)
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
Good race? Ok
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 3

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