One America 500 Festival Mini-Marathon - RunHalf Marathon

Miles:
1) (8:10) - 8:16 Last Year
Following the crowd, really have no control of the pace of the first mile. Looking for a porta potty already and ready to take off sweatshirt.
2) (8:43) - 7:45 Last Year
Stop at porta potty, take off sweatshirt or try to. Forgot about race belt, end up with sweatshirt off, but race belt around my neck and one side of my bib ripped and hanging. Hit the porta potty then on my way, tucking the one side of my bib into my shorts, where it stayed until the end.
3) (7:53) - 7:46 Last year.
Foot feels good, no issues. This makes me happy. Found a couple of people running a nice solid pace and decided to follow them.
4) (7:52) - 7:49 Last Year
Right on pace and feeling pretty good.
5) (7:55) - 7:54 Last Year
No issues, enjoying running sub 8's and feeling good
6) (7:55) - 7:53 Last Year
Ticking off the miles, headed to the track
7) (8:01) - 8:08 Last Year
Always a slow mile for me, not sure why.
8) (7:55) - 7:54 Last Year
Still following the pacers :)
9) (7:55) - 7:51 Last Year
Out of the track and into the "homestretch"
10) (7:55) - 7:51 Last Year
Feeling really not bad
11) (8:06) - 7:42 Last Year
Uh Oh, lots of turns and staring to feel that pain in my back same as last year at the same point of the race WTH?
12) (8:35) - 7:50 Last Year
Fighting through the pain better (I thought) than last year. Glen meets up with me and we run the rest in together.
13) (10:19) - 9:06 Last Year
Didn't feel this slow here. Really happy Glen was with me. He helped to push me home and I think I helped him too (which helped me back again :))



Not too much. Wasn't sure where I was with the training I've done and I'm happy to get through this with no issues and at a fairly strong pace. I don't feel near as strong with running as I did last year at this time, but my overall time was not too different (3 minutes or so).

Walked, stretched, got pic taken, saw Nate (who had a GREAT race), and found my freezing family. I waited and watched for Monica, who completed her 1st 1/2 marathon and is excited about going back next year. How great is that!!!

My favorite part of the race was afterwords, standing with Mom, Megan, and Becca. They were freezing and the girls were trying to make sure each other and Mom were covered with the blanket. Megan holding the blanket up for Mom with her bare hand in the cold wind.


Lack of run training, recovering from PF, and lack of confidence in my run training and foot. But, it is coming along and I'm ontrack for IMWI in Sept.
Garmin says 13.24 miles.

Goal this year was to test foot (recovering from Plantar Fasciitis), with a loose goal of 8' miles. Other than the bathroom stop with the sweatshirt issue and a little trouble at the end I knocked out 7 of the miles under 8'.


Awesome Race!!! Love this one. They do it very well every year.