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Leawood, Kansas
United States
35F / 2C
Sunny
Total Time = 1h 40m 54s
Overall Rank = 14/250
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

Welcomed in the new year the night before then woke up too early and drove to race later than planned.
Event warmup:

stood in line for the Johnny on the spot and got real cold. Walked & jogged to my car and back to drop off packet stuff and extra clothes.
Run
  • 1h 40m 54s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 07m 42s  min/mile
Comments:

The plan was to run at 8:00 pace and finish around 1:45.

Phase 1: Ran the first 5.8 miles with Otte and Pete, Pete dropped back a bit. Stopped at the port-a-potty at 5.8 just as another guy was pulling in there too, it took 2 minutes by the time he was done, I was done, Otte was done AND to get a drink at the adjoining aid station. Otte and I kept pushing the pace a little, realizing it, and then trying to slow down, splits were between 7:28 and 7:42 the whole way.

Phase 2: 3.2 miles from 5.8-~9 miles from the aid station up the hill to the turn-around and back past the aid station. Caught back up with Pete, spent about 1 minute at the aid station as we grouped back up. Effort here was a bit harder, pace was roughly 7:20-7:30 but there was the climb up Mt Boutox.

Phase 3: Last 4.1 miles, held an effort bordering on uncomfortably hard and finish strong, these were pretty much 7 flat +/- a few seconds except for the climb up Nall from the bike path, that mile was at 7:20 and ruined any hopes for finishing under 1:40.
What would you do differently?:

nothing, perfect way to welcome in the new year. On second thought, I do need to get Sarah the Dog running more and further, there was a guy who ran about 1:35 with a little cocker spaniel, I kinda laughed when they went out at the pace they did, didn't think the dog would hang on but he obviously runs a lot, it would have been really nice to run with Sarah.
Post race
Warm down:

crammed into the store and had a dixie cup of beer while BSing for a few minutes then headed home.

Event comments:

This was a great $20 race, they billed it as a timed training run, got a beanie, a mug, a small post race spread with a bunch of like minded people.




Last updated: 2016-12-29 12:00 AM
Running
01:40:54 | 13.1 miles | 07m 42s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/250
Performance: Good
Course: Out and back from KC Running Company at 135th and Roe along Indian Creek Trail, turnaround just past the top of the big hill behind Deanna Rose
Keeping cool Drinking
Post race
Weight change: %
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Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
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Plenty of drinks?
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A $20 half marathon? Jealous! Great job!

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Nice work Mike, I run Nall hill a few times each month (KC Running Sunday Runday) and when it's near the end of a long run it's tough to motor up that thing.
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