Philadelphia Distance Run - ING - RunHalf Marathon


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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
United States
Sunny
 		Total Time = 1h 39m 9s
Overall Rank = /
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

Up at 5:00, coffee, english muffing w/pb, honey & banana, kid droppage, out the door by 6:30. Easy drive into town, street parking @ 18 & Vine by 6:45.
Event warmup:

Walked around a bit. Ran over to the trees a few times. Ran on the road a bit to warm up. Stretched, gave J my stuff and had to climb over the barrier at the corral since people wouldn't move in.
Run
  • 1h 39m 9s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 07m 34s  min/mile
Comments:

Started out pretty fast and just kept going. Stopped checking my pace by mile 5 or so. Just ran by feel. I was hovering around 7:21 or so. I slowed a bit and kept steady at 7:25 for a while but saw that slowly creep up. By mile 11 or so I started getting passed by more than a few and noticed I was at 7:29. I sped up for the last mile or so and finished at 7:27 according to Garmin. Don't have the official numbers yet plus I know I was off by about .10 of a mile. A lot of turns early on and a lot of people made it almost impossible to follow the tangents.

Official
1:39:09
7:34



What would you do differently?:

Not much. I didn't train specifically for this race but it fit in well with my HIM training.
Post race
Warm down:

Walk around, eat, stretch.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Genetics

Event comments:

Love this race.




Last updated: 2009-09-17 12:00 AM
Running
01:39:09 | 13.1 miles | 07m 34s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/
Performance: Good
Course: Start in front of Art Museum, head to Washington Square and back, head up West River Drive, cross Falls Bridge, and head back down East River Drive to the Art Museum.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
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] 4