Mad City Marathon - Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Madison, Wisconsin
United States
Madison Festivals, Inc.
68F / 20C
Overcast
 		Total Time = 1h 48m 17s
Overall Rank = 526/1504
Age Group = 35-39
Age Group Rank = 94/258
Pre-race routine:

Saturday - Biked from Pewaukee to Madison. That was an awesome ride - outside of the two downpours. Wasn't much traffic, lots of nice hills to play with. We were staying at a hotel out in Middleton so had to haul around to the other side of town, but was a good workout.

Went to eat at an Italian place next to Eno Vino - I miss that bar. Had nice dinner with our old neighbors.

Sun morning - woke up about 5:20am, downed a bottle of Infinit while packing to check out of our room. Wound up being really late because traffic was backed up quite a ways. Got there about 7:05 for 7:30am start. Took my no-doze as per habit.
Event warmup:

Ran to start line, fought through crowd into cattle pen. Decided to start with Tracy in the 2:00 pace group, to see how my legs would react after the ride and to try to keep me from going out too fast.
Run
  • 1h 48m 17s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 08m 16s  min/mile
Comments:

My previous best half-marathon was north of 2:10, so I'm happy with this performance. I think I was a little low on fuel in the tank - just didn't have my normal kick at the end. Once the sun came out I started to fade a bit.
Really am happy overall though.
What would you do differently?:

Never have gotten this fat - so maybe 20 lbs lighter.
Stop aging.
I would have taken a beer at mile 7 from the party tent on the side of the road- I was too far off to the right to get over, and thought that might be a bad idea (silly me)
Post race
Warm down:

Grabbed, in order:
One water bottle.
One banana.
One basket of pretzels.
Then when Tracy crossed, I went back and repeated. Met some friends after the race, saw how they did.
Finally, finished up with 2 brats from Brat Fest and scarfed them down while listening to some band where the lead male singer sounded like a woman. They were ok.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

The laws of physics.

Event comments:

It's a great race. Big enough to feel like you are in a race and have spectators, but not the cattle drive that Indy can sometimes feel like. I would have liked to have seen more porta-potties on the course, but that's trivial.
I'd do it again.




Last updated: 2009-04-13 12:00 AM
Running
01:48:17 | 13.1 miles | 08m 16s  min/mile
Age Group: 94/258
Overall: 258/1504
Performance: Good
Some severe cardiac drift near the end as it got warmer. I could certainly feel it. Lap #1 (Run): Duration: 8:24 Work: n/a rTSS: 11.7 (0.893) NGP: 8:03 (200.0 m/min) VI: n/a Pw:HR: n/a Pa:HR: 1.14% Distance: 0.998 mi Elevation Gain: 116 ft Elevation Loss: 103 ft Grade: 0.2 % (13 ft) Min Max Avg Heart Rate: 105 159 149 bpm Speed: 5.1 8.8 7.1 mph Pace 6:51 11:47 8:24 min/mi Altitude: 847 890 871 ft Lap #2 (Run): Duration: 8:04 Work: n/a rTSS: 12.9 (0.954) NGP: 7:32 (213.8 m/min) VI: n/a Pw:HR: n/a Pa:HR: 3.63% Distance: 1.002 mi Elevation Gain: 190 ft Elevation Loss: 141 ft Grade: 0.9 % (49 ft) Min Max Avg Heart Rate: 155 162 159 bpm Speed: 5 8.9 7.4 mph Pace 6:45 11:55 8:06 min/mi Altitude: 847 929 880 ft Lap #3 (Run): Duration: 8:18 Work: n/a rTSS: 12.8 (0.935) NGP: 7:41 (209.6 m/min) VI: n/a Pw:HR: n/a Pa:HR: 2.5% Distance: 0.999 mi Elevation Gain: 235 ft Elevation Loss: 219 ft Grade: 0.3 % (16 ft) Min Max Avg Heart Rate: 153 166 159 bpm Speed: 5 8.6 7.2 mph Pace 6:60 11:55 8:19 min/mi Altitude: 876 985 904 ft Lap #4 (Run): Duration: 7:56 Work: n/a rTSS: 11.4 (0.904) NGP: 7:57 (202.6 m/min) VI: n/a Pw:HR: n/a Pa:HR: -5.8% Distance: 0.996 mi Elevation Gain: 261 ft Elevation Loss: 353 ft Grade: -1.7 % (-92 ft) Min Max Avg Heart Rate: 156 167 161 bpm Speed: 5.8 13 7.6 mph Pace 4:37 10:16 7:56 min/mi Altitude: 849 981 924 ft Lap #5 (Run): Duration: 8:14 Work: n/a rTSS: 11.7 (0.898) NGP: 8:00 (201.1 m/min) VI: n/a Pw:HR: n/a Pa:HR: -0.38% Distance: 0.996 mi Elevation Gain: 156 ft Elevation Loss: 152 ft Grade: 0.1 % (5 ft) Min Max Avg Heart Rate: 158 166 162 bpm Speed: 4.1 10 7.3 mph Pace 5:60 14:38 8:13 min/mi Altitude: 844 903 876 ft Lap #6 (Run): Duration: 8:19 (8:21) Work: n/a rTSS: 15.4 (1.028) NGP: 7:01 (229.5 m/min) VI: n/a Pw:HR: n/a Pa:HR: 2.97% Distance: 0.998 mi Elevation Gain: 342 ft Elevation Loss: 281 ft Grade: 1.2 % (62 ft) Min Max Avg Heart Rate: 157 168 163 bpm Speed: 0 12.8 7.2 mph Pace 4:41 0:00 8:23 min/mi Altitude: 844 959 889 ft Lap #7 (Run): Duration: 7:52 Work: n/a rTSS: 11 (0.893) NGP: 8:03 (200.1 m/min) VI: n/a Pw:HR: n/a Pa:HR: 5.96% Distance: 1.001 mi Elevation Gain: 156 ft Elevation Loss: 197 ft Grade: -0.8 % (-41 ft) Min Max Avg Heart Rate: 155 168 163 bpm Speed: 4.8 10.2 7.6 mph Pace 5:53 12:23 7:54 min/mi Altitude: 854 942 888 ft Lap #8 (Run): Duration: 8:17 Work: n/a rTSS: 11.3 (0.881) NGP: 8:09 (197.4 m/min) VI: n/a Pw:HR: n/a Pa:HR: -2.49% Distance: 1 mi Elevation Gain: 143 ft Elevation Loss: 173 ft Grade: -0.6 % (-30 ft) Min Max Avg Heart Rate: 155 165 159 bpm Speed: 5.3 9.6 7.2 mph Pace 6:16 11:14 8:18 min/mi Altitude: 836 891 859 ft Lap #9 (Run): Duration: 8:09 (8:24) Work: n/a rTSS: 11.5 (0.899) NGP: 7:59 (201.7 m/min) VI: n/a Pw:HR: n/a Pa:HR: 3.24% Distance: 0.969 mi Elevation Gain: 158 ft Elevation Loss: 209 ft Grade: -1.0 % (-51 ft) Min Max Avg Heart Rate: 150 166 161 bpm Speed: 0 30 7.1 mph Pace 1:60 0:00 8:25 min/mi Altitude: 787 877 855 ft Lap #10 (Run): Duration: 8:24 Work: n/a rTSS: 13.4 (0.954) NGP: 7:32 (213.8 m/min) VI: n/a Pw:HR: n/a Pa:HR: -2.75% Distance: 1.007 mi Elevation Gain: 337 ft Elevation Loss: 239 ft Grade: 1.8 % (98 ft) Min Max Avg Heart Rate: 157 165 161 bpm Speed: 5.2 10.1 7.2 mph Pace 5:55 11:38 8:20 min/mi Altitude: 786 895 864 ft Lap #11 (Run): Duration: 8:27 Work: n/a rTSS: 10.4 (0.837) NGP: 8:35 (187.6 m/min) VI: n/a Pw:HR: n/a Pa:HR: 1.32% Distance: 0.995 mi Elevation Gain: 152 ft Elevation Loss: 190 ft Grade: -0.7 % (-38 ft) Min Max Avg Heart Rate: 162 168 164 bpm Speed: 5 8.3 7.1 mph Pace 7:16 11:55 8:28 min/mi Altitude: 852 918 883 ft Lap #12 (Run): Duration: 8:10 Work: n/a rTSS: 11.6 (0.898) NGP: 8:00 (201.2 m/min) VI: n/a Pw:HR: n/a Pa:HR: 0.76% Distance: 1 mi Elevation Gain: 160 ft Elevation Loss: 153 ft Grade: 0.1 % (7 ft) Min Max Avg Heart Rate: 162 171 168 bpm Speed: 5.2 9.6 7.3 mph Pace 6:16 11:30 8:12 min/mi Altitude: 850 887 863 ft Lap #13 (Run): Duration: 8:06 Work: n/a rTSS: 11.8 (0.91) NGP: 7:53 (204.0 m/min) VI: n/a Pw:HR: n/a Pa:HR: 5.3% Distance: 0.988 mi Elevation Gain: 165 ft Elevation Loss: 159 ft Grade: 0.1 % (6 ft) Min Max Avg Heart Rate: 170 180 172 bpm Speed: 5 9.9 7.4 mph Pace 6:04 12:04 8:06 min/mi Altitude: 839 913 871 ft Lap #14 (Run): Duration: 1:23 Work: n/a rTSS: 2 (0.926) NGP: 7:46 (207.4 m/min) VI: n/a Pw:HR: n/a Pa:HR: 16.44% Distance: 0.196 mi Elevation Gain: 17 ft Elevation Loss: 30 ft Grade: -1.2 % (-13 ft) Min Max Avg Heart Rate: 174 181 178 bpm Speed: 6.8 10.9 8.6 mph Pace 5:29 8:52 6:58 min/mi Altitude: 847 869 857 ft Forerunner305 [Run]: Duration: 1:48:17 (1:48:34) Work: n/a rTSS: 172.1 (0.921) NGP: 7:48 (206.3 m/min) VI: n/a Pw:HR: n/a Pa:HR: 3.95% Distance: 13.186 mi Elevation Gain: 2595 ft Elevation Loss: 2599 ft Grade: -0.0 % (-5 ft) Min Max Avg Heart Rate: 105 181 162 bpm Speed: 0 30 7.3 mph Pace 1:60 0:00 8:13 min/mi Altitude: 786 985 878 ft Entire workout (162 bpm): Duration: 1:48:17 (1:48:34) Work: n/a rTSS: 172.1 (0.921) NGP: 7:48 (206.3 m/min) VI: n/a Pw:HR: n/a Pa:HR: 3.95% Distance: 13.186 mi Elevation Gain: 2595 ft Elevation Loss: 2599 ft Grade: -0.0 % (-5 ft) Min Max Avg Heart Rate: 105 181 162 bpm Speed: 0 30 7.3 mph Pace 1:60 0:00 8:13 min/mi Altitude: 786 985 878 ft
Course: Nice course, no real huge hills. It's a great race - lot of people out cheering. I'm not a big fan of the final hill at the end of mile 13, but whatyagonnado?
Keeping cool Below average Drinking Not enough
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
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