Space Coast Half Marathon
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Comments: I was shooting for a 2:05, but fell way short of the mark! I am still learning to use the features on the Garmin Forerunner 305, more on that later. I decided to try a 5 minute run and 1 minute walk for the 1/2 marathon. For marathon's I run 5 and and 1's, anything a half and under I usually just walk the water stops or whenever necessary at the end. Well this was a mistake, as I should have known from my less than stellar marathon performances! I set the FR305 to track my pace between an 8:30 and 8:45 with a distance of 13.1 miles. An 8:30 mile with a one minute walk would give me an average of 9:30. Well that darn watch kept beeping the whole race and my first mile was an 8:39. My second mile was closer to the target at a 9:26 and I averaged about a 9:30 all the way through mile 6. I could tell the wheels were coming off as we turned the course back for the return into the sun! The next 4 were steadily dropping. I have never walked so much in a half and never have felt bad so early. That darn FR305 was beeping the whole time and I couldn't figure out how to turn the annoying pace beep off! I am not sure if I'll try ever try 5 and 1's again for a half, my best half came when I trained with a group who ran two miles to water stops on any training run under 12 miles and did 5 and 1's on anything over 12 miles. What would you do differently?: Maybe not run 5 and 1's and practice the scenario on the Garmin prior to race! Post race
Warm down: Walked around and then rested on the grass a bit. What limited your ability to perform faster: I am guessing my long run training is not what it should be. I must not be pushing myself on the long runs. I always run 5 and 1's with the group on long runs! Event comments: Great half marathon! The pre-race dinner was very good and included in the price. There was good reviews for the guest speakers. The start and finish activities were wonderful. The course is small I can't imagine it holding much more runners than it did. It was pretty crowded at times. Last updated: 2007-11-10 12:00 AM
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United States
Space Coast Runners Club
68F / 20C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 563/967
Age Group = 45-49
Age Group Rank = 56/77
Banana and Cliff Bar Mojo and small cup of hotel room coffee (ugh!), got to the race about an hour before the start meet many fellow Marathonfest runners!
None, which was probably a mistake thinking about how fast I started. While lining up for the race there was a good music and NASA space craft and space shots on the Jumbotron. Also the start was cool with a count down on the jumbotron of the spac shuttle.