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P. F. Chang's Rock 'N' Roll Arizona Half Marathon - Run


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Tempe, Arizona
United States
Competitor Group, Inc.
45F / 7C
Sunny
Total Time = 1h 51m 47s
Overall Rank = 1816/13407
Age Group = 45-49
Age Group Rank = 147/726
Pre-race routine:

Forgot to eat breakfast, but managed to have a 1/2 bottle of Perform. Brilliant move.
Event warmup:

Finding a bathroom line that moved within 5 minutes from line to bathoom.

Popped a GU (breakfast, I guess).
Run
  • 1h 51m 47s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 08m 32s  min/mile
Comments:

This was a train right through it race for me. It is a fun race and my wife was doing the "mini marathon" so it was a blast going down there and running in it. There are SO many people, it's frustrating to try and PR, so I knew to just relax, have fun, and kick it. I cruised the first 5 miles, built the next 5, and dropped the hammer the last 3 miles.
What would you do differently?:

Nothing really.
Post race
Warm down:

Shuttled through the finisher's chute, found my buddy, John that was there and my wife, chatted a few, posed for Facebook and Instagram pics and then walked a mile to our car.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Nothing...I guess maybe if this was an A race for me I would've tapered and not ridden 47 and run a brick 3 miles the day before.

Event comments:

Lots of peeps, lots of music, lots of FUN!




Last updated: 2013-11-18 12:00 AM
Running
01:51:47 | 13.1 miles | 08m 32s  min/mile
Age Group: 147/726
Overall: 1816/13407
Performance: Good
1 8:52.2 1.00 8:52 2 8:48.5 1.00 8:49 3 8:43.3 1.00 8:43 4 8:49.7 1.00 8:50 5 8:28.6 1.00 8:29 6 8:36.1 1.00 8:36 7 8:39.0 1.00 8:39 8 8:50.2 1.00 8:50 9 8:37.3 1.00 8:37 10 8:15.8 1.00 8:16 11 8:03.5 1.00 8:03 12 8:06.5 1.00 8:07 13 7:55.3 1.00 7:55 14 :53.4 0.13 6:36
Course: Nice uphill course the first 10 miles, then downhill the last 3.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 5
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: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 5

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