Salt Lake City Half Marathon
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Comments: This was supposed to be one of my best races (I thought) and it turned out to be a terrible race. I was struck by the dreaded runner's trots two times and had to stop. I started out nice and easy which is always my plan. Around mile 5 began to really get into a good pace. Mile 6 is when it struck. I could feel that ominous stomach gurlge and by mile 7 I was frantically looking ahead on the course for the port-a-potties. By mile 7.25 I was seriously considering jumping behind the bushes of some unsuspecting soul's neatly trimmed hedges. But then I saw it...the glorious Shell logo. I ran into the gas station to find a few others in line. It was my turn just in time if you know what I mean! I realized this would not be a personal best run but if I got back out there, picked up the pace, I could still salvage my time. Things got back on track although my focus was off trying to figure out what my body was doing. At mile 9.75 the gurgle struck again. By mile 10 I was again frantically looking for port-a-potties, hedges, anything and spotted the restrooms in the park we were running by. I think my fastest split was running into the park to the bathroom. At that point I knew my time was going be uhhhh, crap. Finished the last three miles without incident, but my time was well over ten minutes slower than last years...grrrr! I was really thinking I would set a PR in this race. Ah well. $hit happens. What would you do differently?: Not sure if it was something I ate...my diet was very clean the whole week leading to the race. I had been using a little more of that new MiO water flavoring enhancer all day Friday--don't know if that could be it or if it was just a coincidence. Not sure what I could have done differently. Post race
Warm down: Enjoyed watching my 11 year old daughter come in 1st girl and 2nd overall in the kids race! My 6 year was MOP and so darn cute! What limited your ability to perform faster: Stomach issues Last updated: 2011-01-02 12:00 AM
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Devine Sports
45F / 7C
Overcast
Overall Rank = 2169/4444
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 104/249
Woke up around 4pm, had ww bagel & peanut butter, banana.
Stretched a little bit.
Jumping impatiently from foot to foot in line at the port-a-potties.