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Freedom Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon

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Norfolk, Virginia
United States
Freedom Marathon, Inc
50F / 10C
Sunny

Total Time = 1h 43m 41s
Overall Rank = 126/1202
Age Group = 30-34
Age Group Rank = 19/90

Pre-race routine:

Woke up around 5:30 eat a bowl of cereal and was off to the race.

Event warmup:

parked about half mile from the race so I did a short slow run to loosen up my muscles. Did my stretch routine and droped off my dry bag.

Run

1h 43m 41s
13.2 miles
07m 51s min/mile

Comments:

Started off at a little faster than I wanted to and my calf started to get tight. I slowed to a more confortable pace and settled into my own pace

What would you do differently?:

Pay closer attention to my pace when I start the race. Do more stretches especially for the calves and hamstrings.

Post race

Warm down:

Stretches

Event comments:

The proceeds go to a great cause and there was a lot of effort put into the appearance of the race. Surprisingly small turn out considering the area, but there are two other big races going on in the area. The after party was a little week. No mucic and limited food and beer. Normally I spend a couple of hours hanging out after a race, but I left as soon as the awards ceremony was ovr. I will probably run the raec again next year, but hope the after race events are better.

Last updated: 2011-04-01 12:00 AM

Running
01:43:41 \| 13.2 miles \| 07m 51s min/mile
Age Group:	19/90
Overall:	126/1202
Performance:	Good
Split Distance Avg Pace Avg HR 1 1.00 7:43.0 176 2 1.00 7:47.0 164 3 1.00 7:46.0 159 4 1.00 7:55.0 158 5 1.00 7:46.0 158 6 1.00 7:52.0 158 7 1.00 7:56.0 158 8 1.00 7:51.0 159 9 1.00 7:53.0 160 10 1.00 8:00.0 159 11 1.00 8:00.0 158 12 1.00 8:08.0 158 13 1.00 7:51.0 161 14 0.14 6:20.4 170 Summary 13.14 7:53.5 161
Course:	Road course, had to watch out for a few pot holes, mostly flat but had a few rolling hills.
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?	Yes
Lots of volunteers?	Yes
Plenty of drinks?	Yes
Post race activities:	Below average
Race evaluation [1-5]	3