Silver Comet Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Mableton, Georgia
United States
Silver Comet
70F / 21C
Precipitation
 		Total Time = 1h 47m 34s
Overall Rank = 241/1597
Age Group = 45-49
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

Ate two granola bars and some chocolate covered almonds about 6am. I had a gel 15 mins before the race.
Event warmup:

I did a 5-min warmup at about 8 min pace with Dan.
Run
  • 1h 47m 34s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 08m 13s  min/mile
Comments:

I ran with Dan pacing me and we kept a 8:00 min pace for the first few miles and then tried to take it to 7:50 pace for the balance. A little after the turn I felt a gain in strenth and picked up the pace. Later I started having some significant fatigue around mile 10-11 but mile 12 was particularly hard since it was mostly uphill. I pushed it really hard on the last mile and I finished strong.
What would you do differently?:

Nothing but continue to train as I have been doing and do the race again next year. This was a 10 minute PR over last years race so I am pretty happy with it.
Post race
Warm down:

Walked, got some fluids and food and stretched before getting on the shuttle back to the start.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Nothing that I can think of.

Event comments:

Thanks to Dan for helping me with my pacing.




Last updated: 2009-10-08 12:00 AM
Running
01:47:34 | 13.1 miles | 08m 13s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/1597
Performance: Good
Mile Time Dist Avg HR 1 0:08:03 1 158 2 0:07:52 1 166 3 0:07:55 1 167 4 0:07:47 1 166 5 0:07:51 1 168 6 0:07:50 1 168 7 0:08:14 1 170 8 0:08:08 1 169 9 0:07:45 1 171 10 0:08:29 1 169 11 0:08:25 1 169 12 0:08:59 1 168 13 0:08:10 1 173 14 0:02:00 0.26 174 1:47:34 13.26 167
Course: Flat mostly but with lots of slight uphills, slight downhills and false flats.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 5
Physical exertion [1-5] 5
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: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 5