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Total Fitness Connection Mini Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Bowling Green, Kentucky
United States
65F / 18C
Overcast
Total Time = 1h 26m 45s
Overall Rank = 3/220
Age Group = M 30-34
Age Group Rank = 1/18
Pre-race routine:

Ate a Clif Bar and had a cup of coffee about 1.5 hours before start time. Sipped a little water throughout the morning. Had a GU 15 minutes before start.
Event warmup:

Ran about a mile at 8:00 pace just to loosen up.
Run
  • 1h 26m 45s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 06m 37s  min/mile
Comments:

My goal was to go under 1:30, which was about a 6:52 pace. After the first few miles in the 6:30's I felt pretty good and decided to try and keep it up. The only real issue I had was around mile marker 10 I got a huge cramp in my side. I tried to breathe deep and stretch it out; even tried raising my arm above my head for a bit. It finally let go after about a mile which was really nice because I wasn't looking forward to running the last 3 miles with it.
What would you do differently?:

I feel pretty good about my training over the past few months but my longest runs were 10-11 miles. I should have gotten in a few 13-14 milers but maybe next time! As far as the day, I didn't eat my GU at the turnaround point... I wasn't feeling like eating it so I didn't.
Post race
Warm down:

Walked around a little. Really felt it in my quads and hamstrings.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

More miles. I think I prepared well with a training load my legs could handle. I built to a little over 40mpw but that has only been over the past 3 months or so. If I keep up this volume I think my half marathon time will improve. I also do zero speedwork or intervals currently, which would help some.




Last updated: 2012-01-29 12:00 AM
Running
01:26:45 | 13.1 miles | 06m 37s  min/mile
Age Group: 1/18
Overall: 3/220
Performance: Good
6:27.9 6:33.4 6:40.5 6:34.9 6:38.7 6:41.9 6:37.9 6:34.3 6:31.8 6:34.9 6:41.8 6:45.2 6:52.9 :30.7
Course: Mostly flat overall; 420 feet of climbing according to my Garmin. Downhill for the first mile, over an overpass, then flats and small hills out to the turnaround. Had the wind against us for the first half and with us on the way back, which was preferable in my opinion.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
Good race?
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities:
Race evaluation [1-5]

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