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Austin 3M Half Marathon

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Smell the dirt, feel the mountain, taste the wind.

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Sun, Jan 24, 2010

Race: Austin 3M Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:12:38, Place overall: 19, Place in age division: 1

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
0.00	0.00	13.10	0.00	13.10

Austin 3M half marathon. 1:12:38 finish. The race was delayed one hour for high winds. What a hard race. I wasn't really there mentally with a lot going on at home. Just could not get into the mental focus to run, didn't even want to start, I wanted to just stay in bed!

I had the best time going to the elite dinner and meeting sponsors and the Elite teams from Ethiopia, Kenya and Russia. The Russian team was very cool, way better trained than I was! I was totally out of my league at this race..

Good course, but I never felt the supposed downhills! I still can't figure out how to take any food in on a half marathon. I only had two drinks of gatorade during the race and I guess it got me through. The course turned a lot and each time we headed into the wind I tried to hang behind someone else but everybody else had the same idea I think because we kept running into each other. It was a hard race for me mentally, I pretty much gave up a few times but held on to the end. Now I have to decide if I feel like running Melbourne in a week!

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00	Weight: 0.00	Calories: 0.00

Comments

From jtshad on Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 18:56:37 from 204.134.132.225

Awesome time, especially with the wind and the issues they had with the race. To be that unmotivated and throw down a 1:12 is amazing. Great job.

From Benny's on Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 19:20:11 from 24.174.249.108

I think I saw you! No idea if it was you but I don't even know how you handle a 1 hr delay and flying left and right across the country hehe.

From Jon on Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 22:56:36 from 75.169.137.238

1:12 is a great time, especially since you didn't feel great.

By the way, you should go into the calendar and check the box that this is a Race Report. Then it will be flagged for everyone to see, and you can put your time/place.

From Steve on Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 10:16:55 from 68.28.179.124

Benny, I think I saw you too, way up there...Jon, I'll check that box. I've been trying to figure out the race report thing.

From Burt on Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 22:16:06 from 98.177.216.165

Great job! You could have tried to stay behind Benny, but he's so skinny I'm not sure it would have done any good.

From Steve on Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 11:51:46 from 187.153.172.132

Lol! I couldn't have caught him anyways..

From Twinkies on Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 23:46:00 from 67.166.116.191

I know that feeling of wanting to stay in bed. I struggle with that every morning. Way to tough it out on a tough race and finish in 1:12. Next week you should do a run that is just for fun. That should help you get your motivation back.

From Steve on Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 21:09:40 from 64.195.178.6

That's a great idea. I thibk I'm going to find a 5K somewhere..

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