Augusta Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon

mile 1 10:30, as expected
mile 3 27:45, 9.15 was hoping for faster but forgot about the 1 mile uphill
mile 7 1:02, 8:51 feeling great long downhill
mile 10 1:33, 9.18 lost some ground here
mile 13 9:18 kept it steady in last 3!

I felt really strong this whole run and felt like I had lots of endurance. I stayed focused on my goal of about 10% below VO2max. Didn't breathe too hard and moderate sweat. I did walk for 10 sec breaks at rest stations, plus whenever I felt my HR go up. The only thing holding me back was my legs started to seize up in the last 3 miles, weird aches around ankles, calves, thighs. I had to walk like 5 times the last 3 miles, twice in last mile. I was hoping to break 2 hours, but still this is a PR by 4 minutes, so I can't complain! As for breaking 2 hours, but there's always next year. And, I'm now in top fourth of my AG and top 1/3 of all runners vs. being in the middle of the pack last time.


Run more in the 2 months preceeding this event. I really didn't put in any training so got bad blisters (no calluses left) and am super sore. I figured I was trained for it since I did the HIM, but the Half was my only run longer than 9 miles (in August). I should've done at least 2-3 longer runs between August and October! Moral: don't rest on my laurels.

remember to bring a sweatshirt in the car! It got cold after I cooled down.


Not training for the event.


Loved it. Nice to have live music at finish--thanks to Joe. I didn't stick around long but it was good.