Portland Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Portland, Oregon
United States
Portland Marathon
50F / 10C
Sunny
Total Time = 1h 44m 32s
Overall Rank = 112/1900
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 14/84
Pre-race routine:

pb bagel and bananna, gatorade enroute and before gun
Event warmup:

body looseners, soft hops and leg ups
Run
  • 1h 44m 32s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 07m 59s  min/mile
Comments:

GREAT race - thought I was actually coming in about 1:40:00 based on what I thought my pace was, ended up about :32 slower than last year, but it FELT much better, it felt a lot easier to maintain that pace than pushing it last year, could have pushed more but best feeling on a long distance run ever. dropped a gel early on but had enough to manage without it
What would you do differently?:

control the pace more - dropped pacing between 5 and 10k, also make sure the HRM is accurately calibrated next year.
Only major issue was the ipod, ended up shutting off every couple minutes which required a restart - think I was butt-dialing stop button - was a super pain, never made it through one song without issues, think next year will downshift to a shuffle
Post race
Warm down:

stretches, lots of the goodies onhand

Event comments:

male ranking 82 of 588, age/grade 60.95%
next year it's another crack at the full marathon - based on this race will not only nail 4:00:00 but 3:30:00




Last updated: 2012-10-05 12:00 AM
Running
01:44:32 | 13.1 miles | 07m 59s  min/mile
Age Group: 14/84
Overall: 112/1900
Performance: Good
official split times - 5K 23:22 7:32, 10k 49:02 pace 7:54 average cadence 85 miles 1-4 - pace 8:06 mile 5 - pace 7:53 mile 6 - pace 8:06 mile 7 - pace 8:06 mile 8 - pace 8:07 mile 9 - pace 8:04 mile 10 - pace 8:01 mile 11 - pace 8:10 mile 12-13 - pace 8:06 all HR data screwed up and bogus
Course: flat and fast, dry - sunny for the first time ever!
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] 5