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Race Result
| Racer: |
Fabrice Guillaume |
| Race: |
National Half-Marathon |
| Date: |
Saturday, March 29, 2008 |
| Location: |
Washington, DC |
| Race Type: |
Run - Half Marathon |
| Age Group: |
Male 30 - 34 |
| Time: |
1:31:23 |
| Overall Place: |
117 / 4000 |
| Age Group Place: |
20 / 373 |
| Comment: |
Great race, juts a bit cold at the start |
Race Report:
Pre-race:
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Woke up at 3am.... Yeap... that's hard :)
Went to DC to pick up a friend at a hotel and meet another one at his place.
Used the metro to get there.
It was just a very chilly morning.
I still wonder why do they put a race start at 7 am in March.
Getting there at 5:30-6:00 am in the dark with temperatures in the 32-34 is just not the
most pleasant type of morning :)
But anyway, the mood and atmosphere was good, coming with friends.
I managed to seed my self in the corral #2 a few minutes before the race where I met Kevin that was doing the full marathon.
Race objective:
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This was a B-race for me.
I considered this race more as a long tempo training to be ready for my coming HIM as I am just finishing my base training.
My strategy was to take it easy the first half and push the second half as I did not want to re-iterate my mistakes from my last 1/2 marathon.
I had pushed too hard at the beginning last year and I suffered the last few miles with a drastic decrease in speed.
Surprisingly, I felt well today, maybe simply because I did not pressure myself to do any "good" time.
I ran on feel and it just happened to be a good day.
Race results:
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I executed my plan and I finished the race in good shape, strong the whole 2nd part.
Finish time : 1:31:23
Pace : 7:00
Overall rank: 117 / 4000+
AG rank : 20 / 373
That's better than what I had planned for (I was shooting for a time around 1:36 / 7:20 pace).
And that's also better than last year in Quantico, I finished in 1:34:02. So that's a bit of improvement.
I am quite happy to have done this time knowing I am not yet at my peak time (no laps training and few tempo run so far).
Well done to Dave Cascio that finished 3rd of his AG in 1:21:47
HR Details:
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My HR was very stable at 163 avg +/-2 (middle Z4)
My laps:
1: 6:56 / 159 avg
2: 6:56 / 159 avg
3: 6:59 / 162 avg
4: 7:06 / 163 avg
5: 7:05 / 163 avg
6: 7:10 / 164 avg -- up hill
7: 7:21 / 165 avg -- up hill
8: 6:50 / 164 avg ** started pushing harder for the 2nd half
9: 6:49 / 164 avg
10: 6:40 / 163 avg
11: 6:58 / 163 avg
12: 7:10 / 164 avg -- up hill
13.1: 7:19 / 165 avg -- up hill
Best lap : 6:40
Average HR: 163
Max HR : 171
Fabrice
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