Colorado Colfax Marathon and Half Marathon - RunMarathon


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Denver, Colorado
United States
50F / 10C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 1h 46m 37s
Overall Rank = 349/3800
Age Group = M30-39
Age Group Rank = 104/407
Pre-race routine:

Nothing special, just treated it as a training day. I did have oatmeal instead of cereal and drank some Gatorade before the race.
Event warmup:

Nothing, I just went easy for the first two miles (as if I had a choice with all the traffic)
Run
  • 1h 46m 37s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 08m 08s  min/mile
Comments:

I could have broken the 8:00/ mile pace pretty easily. My first two miles were barely under 10:00/ mile pace because I spent all my time looking for an open lane. It REALLY makes me appreciate the wave starts for the Boulder Boulder. After that I just kept it comfortable and picked it up with three miles to go. I averaged under 7:30/ mile for the last three and 7:15/ mile for the last mile. I actually felt pretty good.
What would you do differently?:

Not sure, this was my first ever OPEN Half Marathon so I'm relatively pleased. It's much easier when you haven't biked for 56 miles before hand. Maybe try to find a starting spot closer to the front!
Post race
Warm down:

Went home, the post race was a bit of a joke. BBQ and tacos at 9am is not my idea of good post race food. IHOP on the other hand...

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Traffic (other runners) Other than that...not much.

Event comments:

Based on the general effort it took to pick-up my race packet, it could have been a LOT better. The expo was weak and I already mentioned the post race food.




Last updated: 2010-05-08 12:00 AM
Running
01:46:37 | 13.1 miles | 08m 08s  min/mile
Age Group: 104/407
Overall: 407/3800
Performance: Good
Course: A very long out and back on maybe the straightest road in Colorado. I could see runners miles ahead. Relatively flat though.
Keeping cool 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? No
Events on-time? No
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? No
Post race activities: Below average
Race evaluation [1-5] 2