ING Georgia Half-Marathon - RunHalf Marathon

It's been only two weeks since the Snickers Marathon for me so while I had good wind and my HR was good my legs are still not back yet. With that said I felt really good and had a nice strong finish. Ran with Aimster which was great and while we had a very slow start being in Corral H (which is like being in row YY at the Ted) it was ok. We did eventually pick up the pace around the race split and again coming out of the park. In terms of finishing, this was a strong finish for me as usually I'm coming in on fumes for this course. I let it out over the last two miles to see if I could hold an extended fast pace at then end of a race. I was happy to have that go well.

This race was more about recovery and club participation. I had very little expectations on performance so I was happy to be sub 2:00 hrs and finishing strong. Here's the thing about any large race, if you are attempting to PR you have to run from a corral with like or faster times so you don't get bogged down in the crowd. The last three+ miles had a little too much 'dodgeball' going on. This doesn't help with energy management. But in the end, it wasn't what my day was about.

It's a long freaking walk to get out of the maze here. Would be nice if they allowed you to exit a little earlier.


Just ran the Snickers Albany Marathon two weeks earlier and had a strong race there. I haven't recovered completely yet.


I only rate this race as average because it just can't buy a good weather day. The day before was unbelievable but on race morning, there was ING looking at cold and wet again. But, I continue to run it like I continued to take Calculus in college. It sucked but I needed it to graduate. Whatever that means...