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Patrick Henry Half Marathon
2009-08-29
Ashland, Virginia
United States
Sports Backers and Richmond Road Runners
71F / 22C
Overcast
Run - Half Marathon
Total Time = 1h 44m 23s
Overall Rank = /
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:
Woke up at 4:45. Got dressed, packed up my stuff, and drove to the race. Got our packets and walked around. The race start got delayed by 15 minutes because there was a lot of traffic congestion coming into the race site.
Run
Comments:
I was doing well up until mile 5.5. There were some big hills there and I started getting really out of breath. I felt hungry, so I had a Gu at mile 6 in Ashland. My coach saw me there and asked if I was breathing ok. I thought I was, so I told her so. Around mile 7, I started getting light headed and dizzy. Walked for awhile and tried to keep jogging. Just before mile 8, I stopped and sat down and then couldn't really get up because I was dizzy. Told Andy to keep going. The cops there called an ambulance for me.
The ambulance came and checked my BP and O2 saturation. He had a hard time finding my BP and had 91% O2. Not so good. Got put on oxygen for awhile. They offered to take me to the hospital, but I decided to go to the finish line and wait for Andy.What would you do differently?:
Who knows? I have no idea what's going on with my body. I'm annoyed because this is the second DNF this year and I've been having a hard time with running in general.
Post race
Running 01:44:23 | 07.94 miles | 13m 09s min/mile Age Group: 0/ Overall: 0/ Performance: Course: Keeping cool Good Drinking Weight change: % Overall: Mental exertion [1-5] Physical exertion [1-5] Good race? Course challenge Organized? Events on-time? Lots of volunteers? Plenty of drinks? Post race activities: Race evaluation [1-5]
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Last updated: 2009-08-02 12:00 AM
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RE: Patrick Henry Half Marathon
BY: QueenZipp on 2009-08-29 1:35 PM
Sorry for the DNF.
It was hot and humid from the get go today which has been screwing up us asthmatics for a while.
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RE: Patrick Henry Half Marathon
BY: TheSchwamm on 2009-08-29 9:11 PM
i'm sorry. i hope you figure this out soon. i know that when you do, you're going to PR all over the place!
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RE: Patrick Henry Half Marathon
BY: lastcall2003 on 2009-08-30 10:02 AM
Sounds like a tough race Jen - sorry to hear you are having trouble - hopefully you can get it figured out
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RE: Patrick Henry Half Marathon
BY: D001 on 2009-08-30 12:24 PM
Aw, sorry to hear that you had problems during the race.Hope you and the new doctor get it all figured out and resolved quickly.
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