Vancouver Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon

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Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada
Vancouver International Marathon Society
10C / 50F
Precipitation

Total Time = 1h 51m 46s
Overall Rank = 491/3684
Age Group = F25-29
Age Group Rank = 107/582

Pre-race routine:

get up damn early, eat my usual dry cereal and cup of coffee, 500ml water

Event warmup:

drove to Fairmont to meet friends, walked to start, short jog to get somewhat warm

Run

1h 51m 46s
13.1 miles
08m 32s min/mile

Comments:

Some knee pain about half way through, but worked it out by changing my pace slightly.

What would you do differently?:

not a whole lot

Post race

Warm down:

Walked to food!

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Knowing that this was a training race and I wasn't suppose to push it too hard.

Event comments:

Pleased with overall result considering I didn't expect much. Really did set out just to complete the distance for training. Felt really good most of the way and afterwards.

Last updated: 2007-03-20 12:00 AM

Running
01:51:46 \| 13.1 miles \| 08m 32s min/mile
Age Group:	0/582
Overall:	0/3684
Performance:	Good
Course:	Mostly flat. One big hill.
Keeping cool	Good	Drinking	Not enough

Post race
Weight change:	%
Overall:
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?	No
Post race activities:	Good
Race evaluation [1-5]	3