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Birmingham, Alabama
United States
Birmingham Marathon, Inc.
Total Time = 2h 16m 9s
Overall Rank = 1547/
Age Group = 30-34
Age Group Rank = 121/186
Pre-race routine:

Peanut butter on a waffle. Water.
Run
  • 2h 16m 9s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 10m 23s  min/mile
Comments:

Rain. Rained heading to the race, at the start, and intermittently throughout.

Wet. Managed to get two blisters on the arches of both feet, which caused great discomfort. Ran with Adam, who was getting a horrible stomach stitch forcing us to stop every mile or so. Bad race for us.

Had to go to medical afterwards and get the feet cleaned up. They were bleeding through the sock.
What would you do differently?:

Work on the shoes.
Post race



Last updated: 2015-07-12 12:00 AM
Running
02:16:09 | 13.1 miles | 10m 23s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/186
Overall: 0/
Performance:
Course:
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
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? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 5

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