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Katy, Texas
United States
Onurmark Productions
45F / 7C
Sunny
Total Time = 2h 27m 59s
Overall Rank = 1096/1612
Age Group = 45-49
Age Group Rank = 104/122
Pre-race routine:

Got up at 4am. Ate a Peanut Butter Sandwich and headed out the door around 4:30 am. 5 minutes after leaving the house the heavy downpours started. Major thunderstorms with some hail. Drive to the site was nasty with lots of rain, some hail and strong winds. Got to the event site a little after 5am and then pretty much sat in the car until the rain died down, which was about 30 minutes before race start.
Event warmup:

It was pretty chilly outside so just did a little bit of warm up starting about 10-15 minutes before the race.
Run
  • 2h 27m 59s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 11m 18s  min/mile
Comments:

Allergies been killing me all week, plus a little bit of a stomach bug going around the house. First mile I tried to hang with the 2:15 pacers but saw my HR climbing higher than I wanted to be this early in the race. Notices that my HR has been on average 5-10 beats higher all week (I guess the Allergies are to blame for that). Pretty chilly out there first couple of miles after the heavy downpours and sun was barely coming up. I'm glad I wore long sleeve shirt and tights. Everything pretty much went according to plan, started to speed up on mile 9, but soon realized I wasn't able to hold that speed and did have a rough mile for mile 12. Goal was to beat 2:30 which I did, so very happy with that. 1st Half Marathon for me and marked a milestone. 3 years after the peak of my GBS Syndrome symptoms where I could barely move my legs.
What would you do differently?:

Try to slow it down a little more in the first half to have a little bit more juice left on the 2nd half
Post race
Warm down:

Grabbed goodies and food, walked around a little bit. Wind had picked up and it was pretty cool.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Allergies in week leading up to race and don't think all of my damaged nerves have quite recovered yet.

Event comments:

Nicely organized as all events usually are by Onurmark.




Last updated: 2016-01-29 12:00 AM
Running
02:27:59 | 13.1 miles | 11m 18s  min/mile
Age Group: 104/122
Overall: 122/1612
Performance: Good
Course: Flat.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %1
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
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] 5

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2016-02-07 11:50 AM
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Congratulations fella. It's quite a big milestone and gives you a good base to work on going forward.
2016-02-08 10:07 AM
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BIG congrats!  So much good here - you beat your goal time, you completed your first half marathon, and you showed GBS that YOU are the boss.  Congratulations again, I hope you wear a smile all week at your accomplishment!  Thank heavens the hail and rain stopped before the race, yikes!

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Nice job!  Solid effort :-D

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Congrats! Sounds like you ran a pretty smart race, and you hit some nice milestones! Big smiles and hugs to you!
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