Sunday, December 5, 2010

2010 Fiesta Bowl 1/2 Marathon Report

2:20:35 chip time
2:20:18 on the Garmin (and 13.28 miles on the Garmin -boo!)
Missed first overall by 1:06 and change.

Missed the PR by 11 seconds and averaged about 10:34 per mile which is what was planned. Also planned to finish strong and healthy. Success!

299?? Yep, I'm crazy!!
This was designed by Lauren and I to be a training run/Gallowalk with average miles in the 10:30 range. We kept it there and sort of gradually got faster as the miles ticked off. Each time we noticed the Garmin starting to swell (is that what she said?) we backed off to our planned speed.

Back home now and started to feel worse health-wise, so I headed over to the local urgent care and got a car full of meds. Hard to believe I could run a 1/2 marathon in the morning and have upper respiratory problems in the afternoon. My 3YO has been sick to his stomach and napping all day, so Mrs. G has had a really challenging day.

Ahhhh Runners World is here. What BS do you have for me this month? Can't wait to read your food guide you simps!!

The event was hosted by Runners Den, a local Phoenix running store, and RacePlace events did the timing and bib stuff. It was well organized and because its so small (1061 total 1/2 mary runners), getting there and around was a cinch. We congregated near the start, waited for the Star Spangled Banner --which I don't think they did??!? and we were off right on time. 5 minutes later, the 5K started but I never saw any of them. Water stations were staffed with plenty of friendly volunteers and gave out H2O and Gu drink and Gu Gingerbread at one point. Most of the race was spent in the same group and we only noticed the pace sets break up in the last mile or so. As for hills, what do we in Phoenix know about hills? There really aren't any to speak of, some gentle rises, but flat as a pancake mostly.

I will likely do this again next year. I really like the distance, the small field size, the organization, and the local feel of this race.

9 comments:

Adrienne said...

Awesome! Sounds like a great race but sorry about the respiratory issue. Ughh. Not fun.

Johann said...

Well done with the race! 11 seconds is so close. Hope you are feeling better now!

Anonymous said...

11 seconds off with an impending upper respiratory problems means someone will likely get a PR next time out. Great job!

Emz said...

How do I always forget about this race?! uggg. GREAT weather!!!

GREAT RACE!

The air quality has been crap this weekend. :(

Jen Feeny said...

Well done! Hope you get to feeling 100% soon!

Anonymous said...

Sorry I slept in and missed out on this! I agree- awesome race. You had a strong "training run" there!

Nitmos said...

MIssed first by 1:06 and change? I t was the "and change" that did you in.

Great race.

Unknown said...

great job out there! the lady behind you in the picture looks really ticked off. i wonder why? anyway, keep up the good training. you are well on your way!
-g-

The Boring Runner said...

Whenever my garmin senses a girl jogging around it swells too. Goes crazy around dudes though....

Nice work out there!!!! I would think that you're going to have a killer day in Jan. Get me a free entry and I'll pace you to 2:10!