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AT&T Austin Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon
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Comments: Overall felt great. I started off a little slow because of the crowds but I was able to find my rythm right away. I lost maybe three minutes in the first couple of miles and that prevented me from breaking my 1:40 target. What would you do differently?: Nothing really. Maybe try to find a spot closer towards the front. It took me 7+ minutes from the time the gun went off to the time I crossed the official starting line.  Post race
Warm down: Got my mylar blanket and headed to the food tent right away. I ate a banana, some Powerade, pretzels and chicken soup. Mmmmmm....good! After I ate I did some stretching while I waited for Eloy. He ran a 1:57. Pretty good for his first half mary and this course. What limited your ability to perform faster: Crowds. Event comments: I would definitely do this race again. I'm trying to convince my wife to run it with me next year as her first half mary! Last updated: 2007-02-22 12:00 AM
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 2007-02-22 9:43 AM |
Veteran  266   McAllen, TX |  Subject: AT&T Austin Half Marathon |
| 2007-02-22 10:03 AM in reply to: #699160 |
Expert 919 | Subject: RE: AT&T Austin Half Marathon Heck of job!! |
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Woke up early and checked the weather forecast on my Blackberry to decide what I was going to wear (I sound like a girl!). It was going to be 33F, so I decided to go with the running tights, LS shirt & vest, mesh gloves and skull cap. It turned out to be a beautiful sunny day, so towards the end I was a little warm. I may have been better off with shorts, but overall felt good with my choice. I went to the hotel lobby for some coffee and OJ and a slice of banana bread from Starbucks. They didn't have OJ, so I got some sort of smoothie instead. While I was drinking the smoothie I looked at the label and realized it has 50 kicking grams of carbs!
Finished breakfast and I saw my friend Eloy who was running his first half mary. We went outside and started jogging a little just to get the blood flowing. We tried using one of the porta potties before the start but the lines were huge and it was getting close to start time.