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Basalt, Colorado
United States
City of Basalt
75F / 24C
Sunny
Total Time = 1h 35m 49s
Overall Rank = 25/
Age Group = 20-29
Age Group Rank = 4/
Pre-race routine:

Drove to Basalt Friday, crashed at friend's house.
In the morning had muffin, water and gatorade.
Signed up for the race, had 1 reece's right before.
Event warmup:

It was freezing, so had to run and jump in place just to keep warm.
Run
  • 1h 35m 49s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 07m 19s  min/mile
Comments:

Started a little too fast. Legs felt a little tight after speedwork on Wed. Still felt strong the whole way, but couldn't maintain the same speed on the second half. Good thing I had gatorade with me, there were only 2 water stations.
What would you do differently?:

Hold myself back in the 1st 2 miles
Post race
Warm down:

Stretched and ate bagels and food - great food for such a small race.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Going out way too fast.
Doing a hard speed work day on Wednesday.
Not doing enough speedwork in the last 3 months.

Event comments:

Loved the gorgeous course.
I think I could have broke my record of 1:34:10, if I was smarter and didn't go out as fast.
Overall good race, but not very happy with my time.




Last updated: 2005-08-22 12:00 AM
Running
01:35:49 | 13.1 miles | 07m 19s  min/mile
Age Group: 4/
Overall: 25/
Performance: Good
6:37 - 7:01 - 6:59 - 6:59 - 7:23 - 7:31 - 7:08 - 7:45 - 7:28 - 7:45 - 7:35 - 7:31 - 8:02 (for last 1.1) Clearly 1st mile too fast. Wanted to average 7 min/mile - kept pace for 1st 5 miles. AHR 180 MHR 190
Course: Beautiful course following the river in a canyon. 1000ft elevation drop gradually throughout 13 miles. Miles 7 through 10 mostly flat, just slight downhill. Last 1/2 mile flat.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
Physical exertion [1-5] 4
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? No
Lots of volunteers? No
Plenty of drinks? No
Post race activities: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 3

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2005-08-22 10:26 AM

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2005-08-22 1:22 PM
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You are a racing machine!

2005-08-22 5:15 PM
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Subject: RE: Basalt Half Marathon
Nice race Lilia!  Only TWO water stations?  wow.  sounds like a great race though!
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