Valley of the Sun 1/2 Marathon
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Valley of the Sun 1/2 Marathon - Run
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Comments: I was running better than 11min/ mile pace for the 1st 4 miles then ran 10:30 pace with recovery walks up the hill to mile 6 ( avg 12min pace) The downhill to mile 8 was harder than I thought it would be but I still kept my pace. I made it to mile 9 noteing that I beat the cut off time for the full marathon (Just for future reference). My legs started to fill very heavy after mile 10 but even slowing just a bit I was still trucking. When I turned unto mile 11 and started a very slight upward slope to mile 13 it seemed my legs hadnothing left. I was forced to walk. 1st for 30 seconds then for 1 min then for 2. Each time I tried to start up it got harder and harder. I actually got going again with about 1/2 mile to the finish line and finished strong. What would you do differently?: I think I attacked the race mentally and did everthing according to plan. I had no stomach issues (like my last race) and felt good for more than 90% of the race. I think my training was my down fall for that last 10%. I still managed to drop about 16 minutes from my last 1/2 marathon race time. Post race
What limited your ability to perform faster: I need to keep at training for the longer runs and maybe add some strength training for my legs and core muscles. Oh ya, continuing to loose weight wouldn't be a bad thing either. Event comments: This race seemed alot disorgainized. Starting for the packet pick up to the failure to show-up race starters. There was hardly any volunteers but the ones that were there where glad to be and very helpful. If memory serves me correctly th water station at mile 12 was self serve, no one to be found, you just dispensed your own water for the 2.5 liter containers. Last updated: 2005-03-13 12:00 AM
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Pegasus Productions
70F / 21C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 942/1017
Age Group = M35-39
Age Group Rank = 81/83
Woke early to get a little something in my stomach, opted for a little yogurt and sports drink and water
lite stretching a walking for the about 1-1/2 hours until the race director showed up to start the race. All the racers and the buses showed up and where ready to go but there was no one there to start the race. In fact know one even knew where the strt line was until 15 minutes after the race was supposed to start.