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P. F. Chang's Rock 'N' Roll Arizona Half Marathon
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Comments: The run felt great, the cool weather helped me keep from overheating and the crowds/bands kept me motivated at all times! The late start forced me to play "catch-up" and pass lots of runners. About mile 5 or 6 I managed to catch/pass the 2 hr pace group and knew that a sub 2 hour run was in the works if I managed to keep my pace. Pacing was difficult as with the large number of runners, I was constantly zig-zagging through and having to adjust based on those in front of me. Also, I found that the drink stops became quite congested and the pace slowed to almost a walk at times, especially after mile 8. I enjoyed a strawberry clif gel around mile 10 and began to push to the finish. What would you do differently?: Show up on time!  Post race
Warm down: Crossed the finish and had to come to a complete stop as the crowds were backing up..I would have liked more room to walk out the legs. Feasted on bagels, banana's (as I was having slight cramping in my upper right hip), grabbed gear check bag and made the long trek home. Overall: very well run, enjoyable, fun race! What limited your ability to perform faster: Crowds Last updated: 2006-12-05 12:00 AM
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 2007-01-15 9:24 AM |
Extreme Veteran  339   Tucson, AZ |  Subject: P. F. Chang's Rock 'N' Roll Arizona Half Marathon |
| 2007-01-15 9:28 AM in reply to: #654706 |
Master 1292 Houston | Subject: RE: P. F. Chang's Rock 'N' Roll Arizona Half Marathon Great job! Sounds like you had fun and that's what it's about. |
| 2007-01-15 2:56 PM in reply to: #654706 |
Veteran 195 | Subject: RE: P. F. Chang's Rock 'N' Roll Arizona Half Marathon Good job on speeding up to get yourself back on track. I have done a 5k that was SO crowded that you had to walk the whole thing. Kind of is a bummer and I would be disappointed if I would have been in that situation in a long run like a 1/2 marathon. Anyway, good job and it seems like you placed really well in your age group too. Way to go. |
| 2007-01-16 11:11 AM in reply to: #654706 |
Member 22 Phoenix, AZ | Subject: RE: P. F. Chang's Rock 'N' Roll Arizona Half Marathon Great job! I can only imagine how many people you had to dodge to go from the 2:00 pacer to finish at 1:46. |
| 2007-01-16 12:54 PM in reply to: #656302 |
Cycling Guru 15134 Fulton, MD | Subject: RE: P. F. Chang's Rock 'N' Roll Arizona Half Marathon Weaving sucks ....... The Baltimore marathon and half finish together and the merge is right about the 16 mile mark for the marathoners. So you have these relatively fresh 1/2 people meeting you smack dab when you start to get tired as a marathoner. This year I paced my friend to a sub 4, so when we met with the 1/2 mary. people we were smack in the middle of the people running 2:15 - 2:30. Talk about doing a slalom!! Congrats on a great run despite the traffic. Get a clear road and you could fly! |
| 2007-01-16 12:59 PM in reply to: #654706 |
Master 1831 Keller Tx | Subject: RE: P. F. Chang's Rock 'N' Roll Arizona Half Marathon Fantastic performance! Imagine if you didn't have to play bumper cars all along the way! |
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Woke up at 5:15am, ate oatmeal and banana. Drank Powerade on 1 hour 20 min drive to Tempe from Tucson. Stopped at Denny's prior to finding the parking lot (was sure glad that I did), parked car in parking garage, waited in the long line (30+ mins) for the bus to start line, froze.
Quick sprint from bus to Porto-john, as I was 15 mins late. I missed my original start corral, so I hussled to the front of the line to get into a pace group that would keep me from having to pass too many people.