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Charlotte Running Company Trail Race - RunHalf Marathon


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Charlotte, North Carolina
United States
Carolina Trail Run Series
27F / -3C
Overcast
 		Total Time = 1h 32m 26s
Overall Rank = 5/86
Age Group = 35-39
Age Group Rank = 1/13
Pre-race routine:

Coffee, whole grain waffle with pb&j on it, orange, heed Rush and Tool on the drive, sat in warm truck til race time.
Event warmup:

Little bit of jogging and stretching in the cold. Big crowd, mostly for the 4 miler
Run
  • 1h 32m 26s
  • 13 miles
  • 07m 07s  min/mile
Comments:

I decided to do this trail run series just to mix up my marathon training plan. We ended up having 5 members of the Live it Xtreme Team do the 13 miler, 1 in the 9 miler, 2 in the 4 miler. Nice turnout for the team. I wasnt sure how I would do because of the elevation and condition of the trails so I wanted to run avg 8:00/miles and finish around 1:45:00. Needless to say my marathon training plan is paying off! I did a poor job tying my left shoe and had to stop twice to ty it, 2nd time I just tied it in a big knot, the trails were in good shape and mostly frozen and I feel like I did a good job of just falling downhill and mountain goating up. Ended with a full sprint to finish.
What would you do differently?:

Cant think of any better way to open a season than with an age group win.
Post race
Warm down:

Coffee, cookies, tried to stay warm

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Probably just not having the experience to know if I would bonk or not

Event comments:

1st of 4 races in the Carolina Trail run series, looking foward to doing more. I feel at home on the trails




Last updated: 2011-01-22 12:00 AM
Running
01:32:26 | 13 miles | 07m 07s  min/mile
Age Group: 1/13
Overall: 5/86
Performance: Good
Course: USNWC mountain bike trail system, included all optional loops
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 5
Physical exertion [1-5] 5
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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2011-01-22 8:01 PM

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2011-01-22 8:12 PM
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What an awesome performance! Not only doing a half marathon in this cold weather but doing in trails! Sounds like your marathon training is going great.  Are you doing the Quintiles marathon here at the beach (Wilmington)?
Joanne

2011-01-23 12:08 PM
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Congrats on the race! Very solid time out on those trails.

I was a few minutes back and the fact you held a 7min pace on those trails is impressive!
2011-01-23 1:40 PM
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nice job.
2011-01-23 2:45 PM
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Not bad for a guy who just started running less then a year ago. Amazing Jon, awesome start to 2011...Now the bad news is I have bumped your marathon goal to 3:15 and a BQ What do you think.
2011-01-29 6:43 PM
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Subject: RE: Charlotte Running Company Trail Race
Thanks for the congrats yous guys! My friends here on BT give me alot of motivation to go out and give it 110%. I'm doing Tobacco Road Marathon March 20th in Cary, NC. Will be my first and it looks like a great course.

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