Columbus Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Columbus, Ohio
United States
45F / 7C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 1h 48m 55s
Overall Rank = 1285/7935
Age Group = 65-69
Age Group Rank = 3/37
Pre-race routine:

Up at 5:45AM. No Breakfast. One AF and one EA at 6:30AM. One gel 15 minutes before race.
Event warmup:

Light jogging near starting line.
Run
  • 1h 48m 55s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 08m 19s  min/mile
Comments:

Race start at 7:30AM. Weather chilly at an estimated 45 degrees; clear skys and light Northerly winds. Wore a long sleeved base layer under my sleeveless Hammer shirt. The base layer was OK until about mile 8 when I started to heat up. I tried to push up my sleeves but that did not work; they were too tight on my arms.


Fueling:
Race Day Boost - Wed 3x, Thurs 3x, Fri 3x, Sat 1x
mile 6.3 One AF and one EA and one endurolyte
mile 7.5 one gel.
carried one 8oz and one 10oz water bottles with Heed.
Drank -all- of the one 10oz water bottles. Did not stop at any water
stations or porta-potties on the course.

Had a official 10K race time of 51:16

Garmin Data
1h 48m 59s 13.16 miles Pace:08m 17s/Mi

Min HR: 95 Avg HR: 160 Max HR: 177

Lap Data
Lap Time Distance Pace/Speed AHR MHR
01 08m 29s 1.00 miles 08m 29s /mile 163 172
02 08m 19s 1.00 miles 08m 19s /mile 159 177
03 08m 08s 1.00 miles 08m 08s /mile 149 154
04 08m 25s 1.00 miles 08m 25s /mile 153 162
05 08m 08s 1.00 miles 08m 08s /mile 157 166
06 07m 57s 1.00 miles 07m 57s /mile 158 169
07 08m 25s 1.00 miles 08m 25s /mile 160 166
08 08m 20s 1.00 miles 08m 20s /mile 162 175
09 08m 05s 1.00 miles 08m 05s /mile 162 174
10 08m 22s 1.00 miles 08m 22s /mile 160 167
11 08m 29s 1.00 miles 08m 29s /mile 161 168
12 08m 34s 1.00 miles 08m 34s /mile 163 176
13 08m 11s 1.00 miles 08m 11s /mile 165 173
14 01m 08s 0.17 miles 06m 52s /mile 170 172

Heart Rate Data

Time in zone
Zone 1 88-105 06s
Zone 2 106-122 02s
Zone 3 123-140 11s
Zone 4 141-158 36m 37s
Zone 5 159-175 1h 12m 13s


Post race
Warm down:

Nice 15 minute walk on High Street back to our hotel.

Event comments:

Great race! 5,000 marathoners and 10,000 half marathon runners and walkers. The spectators on the course were awesome! Spectators were on the ENTIRE length of the course. Numerous bands playing music on the course. Seemed like there was a band playing at every mile interval.

Set a PR today for the half marathon...and a third place age group finish to boot in a age group field of 37...Wow!

Great race!




Last updated: 2010-10-08 12:00 AM
Running
01:48:55 | 13.1 miles | 08m 19s  min/mile
Age Group: 3/37
Overall: 1285/7935
Performance:
Course: City streets of downtown Columbus. Course mostly flat. Two or three gradual inclines that did test my endurance. One testy incline was just before making the turn from High Street onto Nationwide Blvd where the finish line was.
Keeping cool Drinking
Post race
Weight change: %
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Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
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