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Battleship North Carolina Half Marathon & 5K - RunHalf Marathon

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Wilmington, North Carolina
United States
55F / 13C
Sunny

Total Time = 1h 45m 2s
Overall Rank = 143/497
Age Group = M45-49
Age Group Rank = 10/37

Pre-race routine:

Woke up at 5:30, ate a couple of pieces of toast and honey, had some coffee and headed down to the Battleship. We got there way too early, 6:15, so just waited in the car and stayed warm.

Event warmup:

No warmup, walked to the start with about 5 minutes to go.

Run

1h 45m 2s
13.1 miles
08m 01s min/mile

Comments:

I have not been able to do this run for the last 4 years, so I was really looking forward to it. I thought I might have a good run but was not sure how my legs would feel after last weekends HIM. My plan was to just go out and enjoy it, but to try and negative split the last part. Felt great, got around the lake and decided to pick it up at mile 8. I saw Carol (Running In NC) out there, she was looking strong. The last 3 miles hurt, but at this point I knew that I had a shot at a PR, and I could see someone I wanted to beat up ahead of me at mile 11. Ended up with almost a 2 minute PR, I was very happy with this race. Negative split for me on longer races is the way to go. And it was much more fun to run this course without having swum or biked before it:)

What would you do differently?:

I hindsight I could have pushed a little harder at the start, but I really had no intention of PR'ing.

Post race

Warm down:

Waited in a long line for a slice of pizza, another long line for a beer. Hung out for awards, went out to a great lunch with some friends.

Event comments:

Love this race!

Last updated: 2008-10-22 12:00 AM

Running
01:45:02 \| 13.1 miles \| 08m 01s min/mile
Age Group:	10/37
Overall:	143/497
Performance:	Good
Splits: 8:10 8:15 8:10 8:01 8:39 8:03 8:17 8:03 7:57 7:59 7:47 7:38 7:45
Course:	The course starts at the Battleship, crosses a couple of bridges and takes you through downtown Wilmington, around Greenfield lake and back to the Battleship, over one more drawbridge. Not flat with the bridges thrown in, and one small but tough rise about 3/4 of a mile before the finish.
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?	Yes
Lots of volunteers?	Yes
Plenty of drinks?	Yes
Post race activities:	Below average
Race evaluation [1-5]	4

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NickInNC

2008-11-11 6:40 AM

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Subject: Battleship North Carolina Half Marathon & 5K

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DMarkSwan

2008-11-11 8:55 AM

in reply to: #1801277

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Knightdale/Raleigh

Subject: RE: Battleship North Carolina Half Marathon & 5K

Nice job on the PR, a week after HIM no less, and the negative split. I liked this race last year, its just a lot of effort to get down there and do it.

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alltom1

2008-11-11 12:07 PM

in reply to: #1801277