I felt really good for most of the race. My legs started getting tight (mainly my calves) around mile 10. The fam was supposed to cheer me on around mile 5 so the first couple of miles went by fast because I was anticipating them. But, it turns out I ran too damn fast for them and passed the spot they were going to be waiting at about 5 minutes prior to them arriving...but they totally redeemed themselves by being at the finish line to see me cross it!
It also helped having my iPhone/Pandora radio to listen to. I also used a running app to give me updates on my progress every five minutes.
I was really worried about dehydration, so I drank over 120 ounces of water the day before. But, I probably should have been drinking that much water for a couple of days leading up to the race, and maybe my legs wouldn't have started to cramp up like they did.
There were WAY more hills than I was expecting...and BIG ones, too! I guess that's a good thing about living where I do, as we have LOTS of hills, and I have developed a loving relationship with the hills...though, its more love/hate when I'm pushing the jogger up them, too.
I'm already looking for more races to sign up for. I think the next one I'm going to do is a 10k in August. I'm looking forward to that one and running with a friend who I haven't run with since training for the first half.
Since my time on my first half was around 2 hours and 21 minutes, my goal was to beat 2 hours and 15 minutes. Here are my stats:
Total Time: 2:05:48
Pace: 9:36 per mile
5 km: 28:25
10 km: 57:12
9 mile: 1:25:23
Overall: 5172 out of 17083
Division: 553 out of 2161
Gender: 2465 out of 11458
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