Atlanta Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Atlanta, Georgia
United States
Atlanta Track Club
60F / 16C
Precipitation
 		Total Time = 2h 01m 51s
Overall Rank = /
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

Oatmeal, water and Gu
Event warmup:

Not much as I had flown in from a business trip to Asia the night before. So I was a little screwed up sleep wise.
Run
  • 2h 01m 51s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 09m 18s  min/mile
Comments:

It was drizzling to really raining for the first half of the race, then only a slight drizzle there after. I had gotten off of a 20+ hr flight the night before and had missed several weeks of training due to a broken pinkey toe. But I had already signed up and I was determined to do this race. I just wanted to have one person behind me when I crossed the finish line.

Given that is the case, I am happy with my time. I did walk a few small stretches since my feet were still pretty swollen from the flight the night before.
What would you do differently?:

Not have a broken toe or do any race after flying 20 hours. I would have probably trained a little more prior to the run. This was the longest length I had run so it was more of a prove it to me race. I wanted to see if I could finish this race. I did and it wasn't too disrespectful of a time.
Post race
Warm down:

LOTS OF TURKEY!!!!

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Toe, sleep, jet lag

Event comments:

Fun race, great temperature. The rain stunk but we need it so bad, I didn't care. I will definitely do it again next year, if I don't try to upgrade to the full Mary.




Last updated: 2007-11-24 12:00 AM
Running
02:01:51 | 13.1 miles | 09m 18s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/
Performance: Average
Course: Some decent hills
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 2
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
Good race? Ok
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 4