Red, White, & Boom!
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Red, White, & Boom! - RunHalf Marathon
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Comments: Miles 1-6.5 were awesome. The rain hit between miles 2-4 and then stopped. It was a downpour, so everyone got soaking wet, the roads were wet, it was some serious rain. I kept up easily with my pace group and drank water at all the water stations after mile 4. Problems started to arise when we hit Norwegian Hill in Demming Park Heights. Everyone walked up it, except me and my pace group. Unfortunately, my pace group cruised up it and i stumbled up it. I lost them on the hill and never quite recovered. It was a difficult race mentally for me after that. I tried to catch them and pressed hard for about half a mile only to see that they weren't any closer. I had to give up and slow down. I waited for the pace group behind me to catch me, which they did around mile 8. I ran with them for two miles and then lost them, too. My right calf gave out at mile 11 and I had to stop and stretch. Thankfully, i was only a block away from the water station, so I walked to it and then started running again. I just kept going because I had, too. I wasn't going to walk anymore and I wasn't going to DNF. After mile 11, everyone was passing me. It was rough, but I survived. When I crossed the finish line, I was very relieved. I did not spring across. Didn't have the energy. What would you do differently?: The turn of events was losing the pace group on the hill. I run that hill on all of my long runs, so doing more hill work isn't going to fix it. I need less stress, more dedication to good training, and yoga. Yoga, yoga, yoga! I need more all around fitness. The last half I ran I was 10 lbs lighter. Biking doesn't help either since it just adds to the hip tension problems. Post race
Warm down: Drank lots of water, powerade, salty chips and then had brunch. I did some stretches, yoga, and felt better. Oo, the shower helped, too. What limited your ability to perform faster: Stress and not enough overall fitness. Last updated: 2010-06-13 12:00 AM
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2010-07-05 8:03 PM in reply to: #2960864 |
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Overall Rank = 1500/2375
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Age Group Rank = 690/1321
Stretched, ate a pb granola bar, a banana, two glasses of water and had a shot of espresso. Got to the race with enough time to stand in line for the porta-potties. Found my pace group and anxiously awaited the start. This was my first race with a pace group, so I wasn't sure what to expect.
None really...the first mile was a warm up.