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Miami Tropical Marathon - Run


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Miami, Florida
United States
75F / 24C
Precipitation
Total Time = 4h 20m 13s
Overall Rank = /
Age Group = 20-24
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

Had a plain bagel and drank some water and gatorade.
Event warmup:

Porta-potty lines were visited many times, ended up taking Immodium. Drank some more water.
Run
  • 4h 20m 13s
  • 26.2 miles
  • 09m 56s  min/mile
Comments:

Felt good until about mile 18 or was it 19. Then my stomach began to feel upset and the dizzyness came around mile 22. Had to stop and walk to get rid of the dizzy feeling. Eating a cliff bar helped. Began to run again after that.
What would you do differently?:

I would take in some solids along with the power gel and I would avoid drinking as much as I did. I only got off pace when my stomach started to really hurt.
Post race
Warm down:

Didn't cool down as much as I should have due to the rain. Walked some, didn't stretch enough. Took endurox. Drank some more and had 1/2 a bagel. Later ate some more solid food.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Stomach pain and dizzyness, also the rain.

Event comments:

I think that without the rain and without catching a stomach virus I would have enjoyed the race much more. Even so it was a good, challenging race and the volunteers and fans were so great.




Last updated: 2004-02-03 11:42 AM
Running
04:20:13 | 26.2 miles | 09m 56s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/
Performance: Good
Course: Through downtown Miami and along the beach. Rain throughout course at times a downpour.
Keeping cool Average Drinking Too much
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5] 5
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
Good race? Ok
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 5

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