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Comments: Run went very well for me. I had a plan and stuck to it. I feel I raced a smart race. After the half way point I started walking the water stations, even if I didn't think I needed to... just a quick walk to bring the HR back down and re-energize. Plus, I don't drown myself! :-) At past mile 11, I felt like I had left it all out there and had a slight moment of mental breakdown. I had walked thru the last water station and continued walking about 20 yards past the last trash can, mentally crashing and crunching pace numbers. A spectator (not even a volunteer) looks me square in the eye and says "Let's go man, just about 2 miles to go. You're right there!" I gave him a high five say "Thanks Brother!" and off I went running on to finish strong. Just needed that little motivation! There were lots of spectators along the road cheering on friends and family, that cheered on the rest of us as well. Lots of high fives for little kids and adults alike. I had a blast with it -- it kept me going and out of a mental overload.  Post race
Warm down: banana, walk, stretch and car ride home. Did not stay around for the post race activities. What limited your ability to perform faster: Confidence. I destroyed a PR today. During my mental crashing episode, I found myself crunching pace numbers to see if I slowed down I would still make my goal time. If I had just stayed confident and kept my pace and effort level I would have done better. The brain got the best of me. BUT I am still proud of what I accomplished and I do feel like I left 95% of my effort out on the course. Profile Album Last updated: 2011-10-19 12:00 AM
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 2011-11-13 3:54 PM |
Veteran  336   Yorktown, VA & Langley AFB |  Subject: Freedom Half Marathon |
| 2011-11-13 4:15 PM in reply to: #3900383 |
Master 1497 Maryland | Subject: RE: Freedom Half Marathon Congratulations and enjoy your accomplishment!! Nice race! |
| 2011-11-13 5:44 PM in reply to: #3900383 |
Master 1841 Sendai, Japan | Subject: RE: Freedom Half Marathon Congrats Brent!! That is a huge PR. Way to work through that tough moment. |
| 2011-11-13 5:59 PM in reply to: #3900383 |
Master 2501 | Subject: RE: Freedom Half Marathon Congratulations!! Huge pr! It's funny the mind games we play when things get tough. Glad you drew support from a spectator and got 'er done!!! |
| 2011-11-13 7:16 PM in reply to: #3900383 |
Extreme Veteran 604 Carrollton, Virginia | Subject: RE: Freedom Half Marathon Nice job! Enjoyed the race myself! |
| 2011-11-13 7:54 PM in reply to: #3900383 |
Extreme Veteran 393 The Center of My Universe | Subject: RE: Freedom Half Marathon Great work breaking your PR! That's a really nice looking race bib and finisher's medal they give out... |
| 2011-11-13 8:44 PM in reply to: #3900383 |
Champion 5522 Frisco, TX | Subject: RE: Freedom Half Marathon KABOOM! Blew up that old time! Great job - pacing looked good and strong. Congrats on a great day! |
| 2011-11-14 5:21 AM in reply to: #3900383 |
Champion 7163 Verona WI--Ironman Bike Country! | Subject: RE: Freedom Half Marathon Excellent way to crush your PR. Don't you love when someone gives you the inspiration you need to get going again? Can't wait to see what the next one brings! |
| 2011-11-14 8:01 AM in reply to: #3900383 |
Champion 9060 Charlottesville, Virginia | Subject: RE: Freedom Half Marathon Awesome job Brent, way to crush the PR! |
| 2011-11-14 8:47 AM in reply to: #3900925 |
| Subject: RE: Freedom Half Marathon Great race, Brent! Congratulations on a huge PR! |
| 2011-11-14 9:23 AM in reply to: #3900383 |
Master 1996 Woodbridge , Virginia | Subject: RE: Freedom Half Marathon |
| 2011-11-14 11:09 AM in reply to: #3900383 |
| Subject: RE: Freedom Half Marathon Wow, crushing your goal. Obviously your plan was good, and you stuck to it. Nice job. Glad the spectator was there for you, sometimes that really makes the race. Looking forward to following your future races. |
| 2011-11-14 11:22 AM in reply to: #3900383 |
Master 2005 Silverton, Oregon | Subject: RE: Freedom Half Marathon Congratulations on crushing your PR! Love that the spectator helped you stay tough through those last couple miles! Awesome job!!! |
| 2011-11-14 10:17 PM in reply to: #3900383 |
Extreme Veteran 668 NW Georgia | Subject: RE: Freedom Half Marathon So how do you crunch "I just kicked this course's arse?" |
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Overall Rank = 337/1202
Age Group = 35-39
Age Group Rank = 45/107
Up at 0440 for a 0700 race start; it's about a 40 minute drive to get there and we were picking someone else up on the way.
Ate Wheaties Fuel for b-fast with soy milk and a glass of OJ.
Got to the event about 0620, plenty of time for bag check and a walk around.
Walked around the event booths some while we waited. Some light stretching and leg shake down. No real warm up running. My plan was to go out easy the first mile or so to warm up then pick it up for the remainder of the race.
The wind was blowing slightly, making it fairly chilly with the 48*F ambient temp. They had s line up in the corrals pretty early so I'm glad I didn't waste my time and energy running around to just get old again.