Electric Lynn Lawrence Half Marathon Review

Info:

Event Participants: 1721

Location: Lawrence, KS

Date: 4-18-2010

Time: 7:30am

Temperature: 45-53 degree

Half Marathon

Number of finisher: 808

Average Time: 2:08:19

Distance: 13.2 miles

Started at:

Shenk Sports Complex

23rd & Iowa Street

Lawrence, Kansas 66044

Finished at:

Shenk Sports Complex

23rd & Iowa Street

Lawrence, Kansas 66044

Rank

Participant: Vincent Wong

Number: 1042

Finished Time: 1:56:57

Overall Place: 278/808

Division Place: 25/39

Age Place: 10/19

Place in Gender: 190/345

Pace min/mile: 8:56

Expected Finish Time: 2:10-2:20

Deviation from expected time: +13:03-23:03

Most memorable things:

1. The sunrise

2. My right leg was so tight and hurt after an hours and half intense salse dance from the night before.

3. People were holding a sign which said: Don't fxxking give up, we are watching!

4. People cheering for me

5. Children were giving you five by the road when you past by

6. Surprise! Found school friends on the road cheering

7. The volunteers and their supports on picking up trash and handing water and supplement to you

8. A guy was peeing on the side and everyone was looking his back

9. I ran at 8:20 min/mile for the first 6 miles

10: A beautiful lake

11. Surprise! Found school friends participating half marathon and outpace me on mile 6.

12. On mile 7, the guy supposed ran in a pace finish at 2:10 outpace me.

13. On Mile 9, I lost sight of the 2:10 pacer

14. Around mile 9, one side of my earphone started not working

15. Outpace by people who are 30 yrs - 40 yrs older than me

16: Between mile 11-13, a half mile devil uphill which took me 5-10 minute to run

17. Running and talking on the cellphone at the same time

18. Nice weather

19. Not much wind

20. The medal which I didn't expect

21. Hotdog and cold drink at the finish line

22. The line up at the finish line and the clap and cheering from people

23. Unanticipated finished time

24. Photographer at the finish line

25. My ipod stayed with me the whole time

26. Even when it was expected or know about, it is hard to not got piss off or felt defeated when group of people passed you again and again.

27.I was able to finish the race even I danced salsa dance the night before