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Comments: Felt a little tight at the start- I was so darn cold it was going to take a while to warm up and get the blood flowing. First 2 miles were just trying to stay warm and maintain a sub-11 pace. By the 5K mark I was feeling great. I crossed 5K at 32 minutes, so I figured I could increase my pace to 10~ Next two miles I rolled through, I felt awesome and started passing some people. At mile 5.5 I was pretty warm and sweaty, so I stopped at the aid station to pee and ditch my top layer. Timing of this was good too as I came out of the port-a-potties and found some of my CARA friends from marathon training this summer. This made the rest of the way a piece of cake. I dropped my pace to 9:30 up to mile 11 at which point my HR was screaming. I still felt awesome though, so ended up finishing the race at about 10:30. Figured I could finish in 2:15, came in at 2:18. Hardly my best effort, but it was OK. Felt better than I ever have in a half. What would you do differently?: Not much, maybe work on pace a little more. I could have pushed harder and broken 2:15, but without any warmup (it was 22 out), I couldn't control that. I did GU's at the start, mile 5, and mile 10. This was a good strategy, I'm going to continue with that in the future and bypass the Gatorade.  Post race
Warm down: Tried not to freeze my a$$ off. I wasn't hungry or thirsty, so I went to the Lifetime in Schaumburg. Sat in the hot tub for 20 minutes, then steamed for another 10. By the time I left I felt normal again. Event comments: Definitely a fun race! I would recommend this one if you're looking for something beyond a 5K Turkey Trot. They even gave finishers medals which was cool. Swag was pretty nice too- long sleeve 1/4 zip fleece are always useful. Last updated: 2012-10-31 12:00 AM
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Night before was something of a nutritional nightmare. I ate dinner at this gastropub~ had bone marrow, fried brussels sprouts, mussels, chimmichurri nachos, and quite a few beers. Hardly the diet I would normally eat the night before a race, but whatevs. This race was kind of an afterthought.
Up @ 7AM, and I stopped at Dunkin Donuts for a coffee. It was God awful cold this morning, the temperature when I got to Busse Woods was 21 degrees. I ended up sitting in the car because I was too darn cold to stand outside. Trying to figure out layering for this was a challenge. I opted for an Under Armour cold gear baselayer, a long sleeve tech tee, and a thermal shirt to throw away if need be. Also did compression boxers under my shorts, wool socks, full skull beanie, and gloves. This turned out to be the perfect amount of layering (note to self for future).
No warmup, it was so freaking cold I sat in the car until 10 minutes before the gun. I seeded myself with the 10 minute pace group. For a "community" 1/2 there were about 1500 runners which was kind of nice.