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Atlanta, Georgia
United States
Atlanta Track Club
41F / 5C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 1h 35m 21s
Overall Rank = 373/8578
Age Group = M30-34
Age Group Rank = 38/539
Pre-race routine:

Wake up. Drink coffee. Eat PB&J waffle. Drive to race.
Event warmup:

Jog to start and then stay in Walmart to keep warm.
Run
  • 1h 35m 21s
  • 13.27 miles
  • 07m 11s  min/mile
Comments:

Good run. Kept the pace around my goal and let the hills dictate slightly faster or slower. Not sure if the course was slightly long, or if I just can't run in a straight line. Lost over a minute by running .17 over the normal amount.
What would you do differently?:

Run in a straighter line. Thought I was hitting the tangents pretty well, but apparently not as well as I thought.
Post race
Warm down:

Walked around a bit, got some water, then walked about a mile to MARTA to ride home.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Nothing except hills.

Event comments:

Really good race. Didn't use the aid stations, but they looked to have plenty and there were plenty of volunteers to help out.




Last updated: 2009-11-09 12:00 AM
Running
01:35:21 | 13.27 miles | 07m 11s  min/mile
Age Group: 38/539
Overall: 373/8578
Performance: Good
Mile 1: 7:10 Mile 2: 7:06 Mile 3: 7:06 Mile 4: 7:03 Mile 5: 7:03 Mile 6: 6:54 Mile 7: 6:45 Mile 8: 7:29 Mile 9: 7:17 Mile 10: 7:19 Mile 11: 7:30 Mile 12: 7:24 Mile 13: 7:14 Mile 13.1: 7:04
Course: First 7 or so miles were relatively flat or downhill. Next 5 or so were flat to uphill. Remaining was pretty downhill except for the final uphill at the finish line.
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: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 4

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2009-11-26 4:43 PM

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2009-11-26 9:13 PM
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Subject: RE: Atlanta Half Marathon
Solid race dude.  You are not crazy, the course was long.  I measured it long by .16.  Somebody else said it seemed like they had just moved the finish line back farther that distance, by accident or not.  Needless to say I crossed the 13.1 mark about 25 seconds less than what my official time was on Active.com, so I wasn't exactly thrilled when I saw it on there haha.  Minus the snafu it was all in good fun so happy turkey day.
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