Avenue of the Giants (half marathon)

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Avenue of the Giants (half marathon) - RunHalf Marathon


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Weott, California
United States
6 Rivers Running Club
65F / 18C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 1h 47m 50s
Overall Rank = 119/1072
Age Group = F 35-39
Age Group Rank = 4/70
Pre-race routine:

Night before race:
Ate baked potato with cottage cheese, grilled chicken breast and broccoli. Yum!

Morning of race:
Ate oatmeal 3 hours before race. Ate half peanut butter and jelly sandwich 2 hours before race. The hour before the race I drank about half a bottle of gatorade. 10 minutes before race, I ate a Gu.
Event warmup:

Walking around. I didn't bother to run as a warm up. Too many people around.
Run
  • 1h 47m 50s
  • 13.28 miles
  • 08m 07s  min/mile
Comments:

I haven't done a half marathon for 5 years so I had no idea how my body was going to respond. Kept an even pace throughout the race. Course was a little long. No biggie. Race began 5 minutes early so I had to walk/shuffle for the first 1/2 mile. That was kind of a bummer. Once I got running, I settled into a nice pace. I ended up with a very hefty PR!
What would you do differently?:

Nothing! I'm super happy!
Post race
Warm down:

Wandered around and cheered friends into the finish.




Last updated: 2012-03-21 12:00 AM
Running
01:47:50 | 13.28 miles | 08m 07s  min/mile
Age Group: 4/70
Overall: 119/1072
Performance: Good
Course: Flat course along Avenue of the Giants. Huge redwoods all around! Beautiful!
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
Physical exertion [1-5] 4
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized?
Events on-time?
Lots of volunteers?
Plenty of drinks?
Post race activities:
Race evaluation [1-5]

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2012-05-07 10:48 AM

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2012-05-07 11:34 AM
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Subject: RE: Avenue of the Giants (half marathon)
CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!! PR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2012-05-07 1:11 PM
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Great race and a great PR.  For not having raced this distance in 5 years, and with the start changing limiting your warmup, wow is all I have to say!
2012-05-07 4:24 PM
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Subject: RE: Avenue of the Giants (half marathon)

Great race Tracy!

My favorite place in the world is the redwoods. Use to spend my summers up there. I would love to bike up there. Time for a road trip. lol

2012-05-07 4:26 PM
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Thanks for posting a review. I ran the full last year. It's a great race. 
2012-05-07 8:09 PM
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Cheers for a PR! That is awesome! Love the giant smile on your face in the photo you put up in the mentor thread.

Congratulations!

2012-05-07 8:26 PM
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Stellar performance!!!  An extremely good performance.

Placing in the top 15% of the field is SICK!!  Awesome job!!

2012-05-08 6:55 AM
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Great job! You really do a lot of fun races. Running amidst the Redwoods would be really fun. Congrats!
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