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Strain for the Brain Half Marathon
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Strain for the Brain Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon
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Comments: Pretty good run considering hills and the fact that I was off course for a little bit. No idea on pacing, but I feel as though miles were varying between 9:30 - 10:30 depending on hills, etc. Walked a little on hills during last 2 miles. Near the end I passed a water station and was told I was at Mile 11. This was very discouraging as that would have put me 5-10 minutes behind my goal pace. As a result I didn't kick as well as I could during last 1-2 miles. Turns out, the water stop was actually closer to Mile 12. I believe this cost me a little time because I gave in a little. They really needed mile markers on course. What would you do differently?: Train on hills. Follow course. Hope they have mile markers next time.  Post race
Warm down: Not much. A little walking. What limited your ability to perform faster: See above - hills, course, getting off track. Event comments: With all the negative, this was a personal best - 2+ minutes faster than my previous (and first) half marathon. Looking forward to more races in the future. I know I can get under 2:10 with good decision making. Last updated: 2004-10-23 12:00 AM
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 2004-10-23 3:14 PM |
Master  1254    Chesapeake, VA |  Subject: Strain for the Brain Half Marathon |
| 2004-10-23 3:21 PM in reply to: #75531 |
Elite Veteran 628 Atlanta, GA | Subject: RE: Strain for the Brain Half Marathon Love the name of this race. Bummer about the lack of organization and giving you the wrong mile marker. Great job though, especially on a hilly course! Congrats on a Personal Best!!! |
| 2004-10-23 3:23 PM in reply to: #75533 |
Master 1254 Chesapeake, VA | Subject: RE: Strain for the Brain Half Marathon Race to benefit Brain Tumers which was cool! |
| 2004-10-23 4:34 PM in reply to: #75531 |
Expert 1152 wrightsville beach, North Carolina | Subject: RE: Strain for the Brain Half Marathon Wild race! Never done a 1/2 marathon on a trail course, what an experience. No mile markers are my main pet peeve at events, really should be a requirement. |
| 2004-10-24 9:07 AM in reply to: #75531 |
molto veloce mama 9311  | Subject: RE: Strain for the Brain Half Marathon awesome job. i just my first 1/2m trail run last weekend. there were loads of volunteers and trail markers. i can imagine how frustrating it must have felt not having either. you still did a great job! congrats. |
| 2004-10-24 12:50 PM in reply to: #75641 |
Master 1254 Chesapeake, VA | Subject: RE: Strain for the Brain Half Marathon Thanks autumn. I saw your report. Great job on your first race! |
| 2004-10-24 5:33 PM in reply to: #75695 |
molto veloce mama 9311 | Subject: RE: Strain for the Brain Half Marathon thanks. you too.  |
| 2004-10-26 7:14 PM in reply to: #75531 |
Extreme Veteran 365 Winnipegosis | Subject: RE: Strain for the Brain Half Marathon Nice job, Tony. Again, too bad about the mile markers, but what are you going to do, eh? How did you like the trail running? I always feel like I can run forever on a trail, but I've never done it in race format. Must have been interesting. Hope you didn't have any close encounters with any bears or skunks. |
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Stayed in hotel 15 minutes from course as race was 2 hours from my house. Up at 6:00 am to get there early. Didn't need to be there that early. Had to kill a good 45 minutes. Water, Yogurt smoothie, iced green tea.
Light running and stretching. Cold 50 degrees before race start. Race ended up starting 20 minutes late, which had me warming up twice.