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Cary, NC, North Carolina
United States
60'sF / 0C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 4h 59m 27s
Overall Rank = 623/720
Age Group = 45-49
Age Group Rank = 92/110
Pre-race routine:

Got up at 3:45 and ate french toast I made the day before.Drove to meet Harold near the run.
Event warmup:

Walked with Harold Louisk and two toehr 1.2 miles to the run start. Went to the bathroom and checked my bag
Run
  • 4h 59m 27s
  • 26.2 miles
  • 11m 26s  min/mile
Comments:

The first 11.5-12 were real good. hlilies and I ran I ran together. We deliberately started slow to fend off late mile bonking. Up to this point my HR was between 98-112. At mile 11.5-12 we did a our first short walk. The next was at aroung 13 miles. I did a GU every 40 minutes, and took Endurolytes, Tylenol, chomps, water and Heed/Gatorade (No GI issues here). Despite the preventive efforts I had calf cramps that I fended off as best I could. Then my left quad tightened up. However, we kept going, just slower.
There was real good beer and so-so pizza at the end. But why did they put the beer as far from the finish line as possible? Also they were no longer giving out free massages by the time we finished.

Overall the one thing I would do to make it better is...lose a lot more weight!

What would you do differently?:

Run at a lower weight. Carrying that much extra weight probably cost me at least 40 minutes and probably more.
Post race
Warm down:

Beer

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Weight

Event comments:

Could have kept some of the things like the free massage open longer for the people that really needed it. ANd the beer was TOO far from the finish line!




Last updated: 2009-11-30 12:00 AM
Running
04:59:27 | 26.2 miles | 11m 26s  min/mile
Age Group: 92/110
Overall: 623/720
Performance: Average
Course: Mostly on the American Tobacco Trail.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
Good race?
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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2010-03-21 7:27 PM

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2010-03-21 7:42 PM
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Nice job Doug!  The first one is in the bag!  Rest up.....
2010-03-21 7:56 PM
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Congratulations Doug! Great job!
2010-03-21 8:16 PM
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good job man!  congrats!!
2010-03-21 8:22 PM
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Awesome, Doug!  You got that sucker done in great time and now it's time to recover and get ready for Tri season!!! 
2010-03-21 8:39 PM
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great job Doug....Clipping in under 5 hrs is awesome for us bigger guys!!! Way to represent.

2010-03-21 8:54 PM
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Congratulations, Doug!!! Way to persevere! Onward!! You will definitely enjoy more cross-training now that is behind you. So cool to have the first one done. No one can ever take that away from you!!
2010-03-21 8:59 PM
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The beer was so far away because just in case 26.2 miles wasn't enough of an accomplishment, making it to the beer garden made up for the difference. Great job!!!! Now we can focus on tri training Whooo-hooo
2010-03-22 8:19 AM
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Great Job Doug, congrats!
2010-03-22 8:22 AM
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Wonderful job Doug.  Now, what ever else you tackle this year will seam like a piece of cake.
2010-03-22 8:32 AM
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Nicely done Doug!  Great showing for the first!!
Rest up

2010-03-22 9:49 AM
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It was fun.  My feet aache but I wouldn't trade the experience of yesterday.  Thanks for being a good run partner man!
2010-03-22 11:35 AM
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Way to bang this out!  You will never forget your 1st one, and you will only grow from it!  Congrats on this, and great job with your training the past SEVERAL MONTHS!
2010-03-22 4:52 PM
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Looks like all your training really paid off.  Nice race Doug.  2011 IM???
2010-03-22 9:07 PM
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Congrats on gettin her done, Doug. Keep up the great work
2010-03-23 10:19 AM
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2010-03-26 6:16 PM
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Way to go.  The beer was good at this race.  I didn't even know it existed until I was heading home though. :-)

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