Rock ā€˜nā€™ Roll Raleigh Marathon - Run


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Raleigh, North Carolina
United States
Competitor Group, Inc.
70F / 21C
Sunny
Total Time = 1h 54m 54s
Overall Rank = 978/8614
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 101/486
Pre-race routine:

16 oz Ucann & Goji Bolt Eneregy Chews for breakfast on way to race.
Event warmup:

Dynamic Warm-up + plus a short run with a few strides
Run
  • 1h 54m 54s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 08m 46s  min/mile
Comments:

I was seriously undertrained for this event and battling a sore Achilles from Tuesday' run which I had to cut short due to extreme pain. Planned on 3/1 run walk, but crowd was too big so ran mile 1. Hoped to walk then, but still a little crowded so I ran to mile 2, but once there was feeling good and saw I was run sub 9 miles so I figured I go as far as the Achilles would let me. Walked the aid stations. A few muscles tightened and the Achilles squawked a bit hear and there, but I just ran mindfully and focused on breathing. Set a nice PR.
What would you do differently?:

Train.
Post race
Event comments:

Medal weighs a ton. Expo was simply amazing. Beautiful course. Found myself wondering why some local races missed this route. Hilly, but fair as I said above. Medical tent ever two miles followed by water point .2 mi after that. Never saw a race with a medical tent every two miles. I can see how heat would be a problem after 9:30 or so, but through 10am it was under 70 and there was lots of shade (especially compared to the IM 70.3 run course) and it was very cool in the shadows of buildings downtown. So sad for the families of the two guys who passed away.




Last updated: 2013-11-23 12:00 AM
Running
01:54:54 | 13.1 miles | 08m 46s  min/mile
Age Group: 101/486
Overall: 978/8614
Performance: Good
Course: Hilly, but fair. Pretty nice downhill for every uphill.
Keeping cool Drinking
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
Good race?
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? No
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 5