Started slow (deliberately - I only ran 285 miles in the last 4 months, last year I ran 450 miles in the 4 months before the race) and finished strong (1:56:48.6 at the half-way point and 1:42:42.7 for the second half). I started out really slow - 9:41 for the first mile, 9:17 second and
9:08 for the third. After that, the only miles that were over 9:00 were
the 4th (I walked for 1 minute to keep me from going too fast), the 6th
(potty break), the 11th (another potty break), the 14th (did I mention
that I started the day with too much liquid?), and the 15th (where I
kept myself from powering up the hill by applying chapstick with
sunblock to my lips, ears, nose, cheeks, and forehead). The first 15 miles, my average mile time was 8:58. The next 11 miles it
was 7:36. My family was waiting near the end, so the last 0.2 miles, my
pace was 6:40. | 