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Platte River Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon

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Littleton, Colorado
United States
Alamo Events
40F / 4C
Sunny

Total Time = 2h 10m 58s
Overall Rank = /
Age Group = 45-49
Age Group Rank = 0/

Pre-race routine:

Did the Heritage 5k Trail Run the day before, but didn't push too hard.
Up at 6:30, had a small normal breakfast, 3/4 the normal amt of coffee.
Looked out the window numerous times expecting a Hollywood-esque storm to appear from nowhere based on the doom forecast all week, but all I saw was blue sky. Sweet!

Event warmup:

Arrived and parked at 8, Stretched in the parking lot, on the fences, the park benches, used the port-o-lets a couple of times, headed over to the start.
I was looking for Kathleen and Matt in the start crowd, never saw either beforehand...I waded into the crowd between the 9- and 10-minute starters. Crossed the start line at 9:05am

Run

2h 10m 58s
13.1 miles
09m min/mile

Comments:

3,000 people on an 8ft bike path is a crowd, especially when folks don't self-seed properly; there was a lot of wading through people for the 1st 5-6 miles, which surprised me.
I also was happily surprised I was able to maintain ~9:45 pace well into the race. If my left calf hadn't gone knotty during mile 8, I'm pretty sure I could have kept it going to the end, it felt like I had a noticeable gimp the last 4.5 miles. Though based on how the quads feel today, I may well have flamed out differently around mile 12.

What would you do differently?:

Before the start I drank 1/4 of the HEED bottle I carried, and left Honey Stinger chews in the car; if I had it to do over again I would start with a full bottle and carry the chews, I was able to feel the HEED hitting the bloodstream in the second half.

Post race

Warm down:

Walked around a few minutes drinking water, got in the food line, then saw Wavedog with the PBR recovery fuel in hand. Nice!

What limited your ability to perform faster:

A solid calf cramp for the last 5 miles, and being a little light on fuel over the 2 hours.

Event comments:

Aside from the calf cramp, I'm really happy to be :30/mile better over this distance since October, especially for just the 3rd time completing 13.1

Last updated: 2010-12-24 12:00 AM

Running
02:10:58 \| 13.1 miles \| 09m min/mile
Age Group:	0/
Overall:	0/
Performance:	Good
Course:	~1.5 miles of road at the beginning & ~1/4 mile at the end, paved trail in between.
Keeping cool	Good	Drinking	Just right

Post race
Weight change:	%
Overall:	Good
Mental exertion [1-5]	4
Physical exertion [1-5]	4
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:	Good
Race evaluation [1-5]	5