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All Women and One Lucky Guy - RunHalf Marathon


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Newburyport, Massachusetts
United States
loco
50F / 10C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 2h 10m 41s
Overall Rank = 415/838
Age Group = 50-54
Age Group Rank = 32/63
Pre-race routine:

I got there very early. Too early, but on the upside, I got a great parking space!
Event warmup:

Ran about 15 minutes, then walked around for about 30 minutes. Did a bit of stretching too.
Run
  • 2h 10m 41s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 09m 59s  min/mile
What would you do differently?:

I didn't train properly - I did my long runs with a friend who runs much slower than me. So I had done the time, but not enough speed work or pace work.
Post race
Warm down:

Hang out.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

taining and weight.

Event comments:

I may sound like an old curmudgeon - but I hate the way that so many women wear headphones. It makes for a boring race when no one is chatting. It was a quiet group of women. I even heard a couple of GPS's giving turn-by-turn directions. Really? You need that when there are a 1000 other women running with you and oodles of volunteers at every turn? Turn off and tune in to your fellow runners!




Last updated: 2012-10-31 12:00 AM
Running
02:10:41 | 13.1 miles | 09m 59s  min/mile
Age Group: 32/63
Overall: 415/838
Performance: Good
I didn't wear a watch because I wanted to race by feel. I thought I was running faster than I was... First 3 miles in about 28 minutes so I thought I was at a good pace.
Course: Fairly flat, with a few gradual hills.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
Good race? Ok
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 4

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2012-11-05 8:23 AM

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Subject: All Women and One Lucky Guy

2012-11-05 9:12 AM
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Champion
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Subject: RE: All Women and One Lucky Guy

Hey, nice run! :D

Um, is that really the name of the race?  Could we get some background on that?  Is there one guy that runs???

2012-11-05 9:32 AM
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Subject: RE: All Women and One Lucky Guy
I agree about the headphones during the race. Every year I run Bolder Boulder which is filled with all sorts of on course entertainment and people still wear their headphones I dont get it seems to me that it takes from the experience. So who is the lucky guy that gets to run with the ladies? 
2012-11-05 11:16 AM
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Subject: RE: All Women and One Lucky Guy

I was researching late fall half marathons for my nephew's fiancee, she thought about this one.  My nephew would have loved to be the one lucky guy thoughWink.  Seriously  GPS with turn by turn directions in a race with volunteers at every intersection saying turn here?  Too funny!

 

Nice race!

2012-11-06 7:10 AM
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Subject: RE: All Women and One Lucky Guy

I think they do a lottery system for the one lucky guy.  This year, the guy was a couple of minutes behind me judging by the cheers.  The one lucky guy is treated like a rock star - eveyone wants their picture taken with him. And he gets first place in the Men's division and a big prize!  Too funny!

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