13.1 1:25:37.2 176/189 6:32 pace (last year was 6:52) This race went well (as well as I could have expected). I wanted to PR (previous best was 1:30:03) and hoped to get close to 1:25:00. I started out close to the front, maybe a little ahead of my pace plan, but it turns out that most everyone else did too. People passed me right at the start, but I passed most of them eventually. I thought that the first mile was too fast, but it was on target for my average pace - so I stuck with it. I guess that has worked for me in the last two races, start out faster than planned, but keep a steady pace the whole race... Three aid stations - 3, 6, 9, and 11; two sips of Gatorade at each and a cup of water over my head at the last three.
6:30.5 164 6:32.9 176 6:29.2 178 6:34.2 178 6:26.9 176 6:23.1 175 - prior to here, I didn't pay much attention to passers - I was focusing on my form in the VFFs - in the next mile my feet fell into a comfortable motion.
6:20.7 176 - passed by a female who had a support vehicle that she wasn't happy with in the 9th mile
6:29.0 177 6:34.6 177 - passed 2 people
6:33.3 176 6:47.6 177 - last half was uphill
7:10.2 176 - uphill mile - passed a few people
6:17.0 179 - picked off another and tried catching the next guy, but heard me and picked it up
0:28.0 183 - almost caught the guy in front - the crowd told him to hurry - he thanked me for the blisters! 4:40 pace?
4.5 miles after, running with my dad, running in my sister and my mom. It was my dad and sister's first Half and second race (they did a 5k on the 4th of July). It was great. I also had a brother run it - both he and my mom did it last year too!
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