Gobbler Grind Half Marathon - Run

Just a rough day all around. Temps were in the low teens at the start time, and I clearly overdressed. Race started out well, Nice and easy and I hoped to kick up the pace after mile 2. It never happened, I began to slow despite having a high RPE and HR. Around mile 6 I just shut it down and turned the race into a training run. I was soaked in sweat, and began freezing. Every aid station after 5 miles had completely frozen water, which sucked, but was unavoidable. Just a pretty miserable day.

I just wasn't mentally there and was content on finishing. I was passed by hundreds of people, but it didn't really bother me, which is odd. Normally, it drives me nuts and I push myself. Today, the competitive side of me was still in the warm car... haha, But I am so happy that I finished my second Half Marathon (albeit with a shit time...) and stopped and thanked every volunteer at aid stations. It was miserable for the runners, but I couldn't imagine how cold they were!

Training was okay, but I did miss a few runs here and there with all the wedding planning we're doing. My training plan also didn't have hardly any Race Pace work, which is a change from previous plans where I felt better about running hard. Just a lot of aerobic runs. I think this could have affected my race, as the pace I was hoping to sustain was much faster than I did today. Also probably didn't take in enough water and missed the pre-race gel. All in all, a bunch of excuses, but in the end, they don't matter. Just didn't have my day.

Found Rach, and we left. freezing my ass off..


Temps for sure, over-dressing, lack of water, missed gel, training


Nice local race with a pretty good turn out. You can't control the weather, but I still felt they did a good job of at least attempting to have water and gatorade at aide stations (they were very slushy). Volunteers were badasses.