F^3 Lake Half Marathon - Run

First 6 miles were great, felt really good and caught up with the 3 hr pace group around mile 4. Was planning on sticking with or even past them until about mile 6 when I thought I lost my run pod and turned around to look for it (I didn’t drop it). I lost the pacers at that point and couldn’t catch up. This is also the point I realized my feet were getting soaked. There was wet fluffy snow the whole time and warm enough that it was melting on the sidewalks and into my socks and shoes. By mile 7 I was just running in pools of water and I could feel my feet getting pruney and it was totally effecting my gait. It was less uncomfortable to walk so I switched from 60:45 run walk to 45:45. I tried walking more than running at one point but it still cold enough that my body was locking up during the walk- so it was a miserable toggle between the two. Probably the hardest 5 miles of my running career. Lots of tightness in right glute and low back. I run/walked to the finish though,

I wore goretex shoes which are great for cold wind and minor splashes but the problem was that water got in and then couldn’t get out. Ugh.

Hobbled inside and got stretched real quick after grabbing stuff from gear check. Everything was closing down as I got inside so only time to grab stuff change real quick and get out.


Definitely those wet feet. I can run in rain if my shoes can drain! I was well trained for this race so disappointed I had a bad experience due to a wardrobe malfunction.


Good race but wish the venue could stay open a little longer for the slower folks. They ran out of medals for us too but are mailing them out and comped us a race entry for next year which is great customer service!