Rock 'n' Roll Portland Half Marathon - Run

took gel at mile 3, 7, and 10.5
took water at each available aid station, gatorade at each of those
started race in wrong corral behind 1:45 pace group, overtook the pacer around mile 7, fell behind them around mile 11
felt really strong - another teastament to the Hanson plan, started to feel the fade and burn around mile 11, felt fantastic on the hills, training nailed it

dig deeper for the last 2 miles to try and push a bit more

water, gatorade, choc milk, pretzels, stretches and lots of walking around


the burn felt a bit stronger towards end of this 1/2 than the last full marathon, the predictable self-doubt was there, still held this off but need to continue to work towards digging past this for the last push
when pace group caught me again around mile 10-11, had that mental feeling like in the very first marathon, played with my head a bit, but was still doing good because I started :30 to :60 behind them in the first place, that was a mental game that I remember from the very first race, got in the way a bit
avg cadence 88 which is better than last race but still needs to come up some


gender rank 422 of 2481
started manual laps at mile 3 when realized autolap was a bit off - HRM recorded distance at 12:48 miles
would liked to have electrolyte option at each aid station instead of every other one
Started to feel excited around mile 7, thinking I might actually get a new PR, intentionally did not look at watch too much and tried to focus on form and cadence
new I was doing pretty good, but in a way it was nice not to have too much knowledge of where I was, but who knows if that might have helped push for that extra :30 to break my PR