We know why it starts at 5:30 am! It was warm and humid. The race started in darkness, but is started to get light just after 6:00 am.
The first half, I was consistant at a 10:30 pace. I hit the turnaround point at 1:08 so I was happy about that. My target time to complete was 2:15 so I was just a bit off but could make it up if I could be consistant.
But at the turnaround point, things changed. I looked at my time at mile 8 and I was going about a minute slower. Then mile 9. Not looking good. Somewhere between Mile ? and Mile ?, just past the stores on Front Street, I took this pic because I had to stop and walk. My IT band and Hammies were tight, my feet were feeling the pounding, my legs were tired, but the view was nice.
I mentally screwed myself up at around Mile 9. I know my basic math, but I was tired. I started counting down the miles to go, but when I hit Mile 11, I thought I only had another mile. Hey I was tired! So when I hit Mile 12, I knew I had another mile to go. SHIT! When I hit the light and turned the corner, I saw the Mile 13 marker and started to sprint. Since I knew I wasn't going to do 2:15, I was now shooting for 2:20.
This venue didn't have balloons to mark the chutes so I was running and it just didn't seem like anything was getting closer. WHERE THE HELL ARE THE CHUTES! Finally! 2:20:03 I missed it by 4 seconds!
What if I started to sprint sooner....what if I didn't walk as much....what if I didn't wait for water at one of the stops....what if I didn't take the picture...what if...what if...
Here are my stats:
Overall 412 of 1209
Females 214 of 799
Division 22 of 95
My goal was to be in the top 50%. It didn't matter if it was the top 50 overall, females, my division...If I was in the top 50% of any of these, I was going to be happy. I accomplished that.
Dave after the race. He ran well.
Overall 325 of 1207 (why are there 2 less runners on his stat card ?)
Males 167 of 409
Division 27 of 57
