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Colorado Colfax Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon


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Denver, Colorado
United States
Colorado Colfax Marathon
50F / 10C
Sunny
Total Time = 2h 45m 12s
Overall Rank = /
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

I did not sleep to well and I was up at 4:00 am
Event warmup:

Walked down to the start line
Run
  • 2h 45m
  • 13.1 miles
  • 12m 36s  min/mile
Comments:

I learned a lot on this 13 miles run. First I did not have to eat as much as I did yesteray, I had 2 stop 2 times to use the porta potties so that did not help. BUT this was my first half marathon run and I did pretty dam good. There was not as many people along the route cheering as I was expecting and not much music at all. The first 7 miles was up colfax and it was sort a lonely, at times. At mile 7 it was the turn around to come back 17th that was a really pretty street to run down, lots of nice flowers and trees.
What would you do differently?:

do not eat as much they day before and get a better nights sleep. BUT heck hard to not think about running 13 miles and how it will go
Post race
Warm down:

Got across the finish line and got my medal, then walked around to stretch out legs. Right calf is tight

What limited your ability to perform faster:

I had to stop twice since I feel I most likely ate to much food yesterday. I had plenty of energy to complete the run.

Event comments:

I will still keep running. I want to do another half not sure if I want to do a full marathon plenty of time to think about that




Last updated: 2008-05-10 12:00 AM
Running
02:45:00 | 13.1 miles | 12m 36s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/
Performance: Good
Course:
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] 4

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2008-05-18 3:32 PM

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2008-05-18 4:03 PM
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Subject: RE: Colorado Colfax Half Marathon
Great job today Beka. Sounds like you had a good experience.
2008-05-19 1:29 PM
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Subject: RE: Colorado Colfax Half Marathon

Congrats Beka!!!  Hope your legs are recovering quickly from the race!

I was told that it's better to do the pasta dinner thing 2 nights before the race, and eat lightly the night before the race.   Sounds like you would agree

2008-05-19 9:23 PM
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Subject: RE: Colorado Colfax Half Marathon

^^^ agree with Susan on the eating light the day before   But hey, you already know!

Congratulations on your race!

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