Dead Man's Hollow Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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McKeesport, Pennsylvania
United States
55F / 13C
Precipitation
 		Total Time = 2h 44m 23s
Overall Rank = 125/132
Age Group = 35-39
Age Group Rank = 11/11
Pre-race routine:

Ate a bagel with cream cheese and had some tea with honey.
Run
  • 2h 44m 23s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 12m 33s  min/mile
Comments:

Well, not a bad race given I've never run anywhere near 13 miles before. Had a good pace in the first half, but kinda died on the second. Feet really hurt on the way back and legs started cramping with about 2 miles to go.
What would you do differently?:

Train more. Tell my sister I need a little more than 3 weeks to prepare for a half marathon.
Post race
Warm down:

There really wasn't much of a warm-down. It was pouring down rain, and there was nowhere to warm-down without getting wetter and more miserable. Walked back and forth under the shelter.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

insufficient training.

Event comments:

It was the inaugural year for this race so I hope they took away some lessons learned. They only had one timer for the two races (I think one broke), so they ended up having to start the 5K and then the half. Total delay was 15 minutes or so.

Post race activities were non-existent. I don't know if that's because of the rain, or they didn't plan any.




Last updated: 2011-03-31 12:00 AM
Running
02:44:23 | 13.1 miles | 12m 33s  min/mile
Age Group: 11/11
Overall: 125/132
Performance: Average
Course: Flat out and back on Yough Trail. Beginning scenery included warehouses, abandoned buildings and a bizarre ghost-town trailer park, complete with old Airstream trailers. It got much better after mile 3 or so.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Not enough
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 2
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Too hard
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? No
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities:
Race evaluation [1-5] 3