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Comments: Great run. We had a great time. I had a great time joking around with the volunteers and spectators, and Cindy KNEW that running her pace was not a big effort for me. She did Sports Beans, sports drink and water. I did Gu and/or part of a PowerBar every 30 minutes, plus water and sports drink. Cindy and I both stopped for a bathroom break at about mile 8. This was kind of fun, 'cause after she was done, I told her to run ahead, I'd do my business then catch up. I'd run a fairly fast pace (around 7 min/mi) until I caught her, then slow down to her pace. Never again will I get the chance to run that pace in a half marathon! :):) I also took breaks to empty my shoes of small pebbles at about miles 5 and 9 and did the 7 min/mi pace thing...fun...Cindy felt great until mile 10. I kept her at about pace (10:40), but she struggled the last 5K. I kept pushing her (enough so she wouldn't get too upset). Cindy and I ran into the finish line holding hands (awww...). She was elated for having finished. I think she was close to tears, but I'll let her make the call on that one. She doesn't typically blog, so I guess you'll never know...my Garmin said 2:25:43...I trust my Garmin more...funny how it was more than a minute different than the chip time... What would you do differently?: Maybe wear gaiters to keep the rocks out.  Post race
Warm down: Gave Cindy a BIG hug, told her how proud I was of her. We picked up our race jackets. These things were pretty nice...long sleeve tech material, red (fast), collared and half zip. Cindy was so excited about the jacket that we picked it up first, THEN headed back to the food tent. Cookies, water...Cindy felt a bit dizzy, so we sat down for a bit before we picked up our gear bag. We drove back to mile 23 to cheer on Mike in his marathon. I ran with Mike for about a 1/4 mile, then ran a fast mile (6:50 pace) back to the bed and breakfast. What limited your ability to perform faster: Nothing. Main objective was to pace my wife and make sure she finished. We had a great time... Event comments: Great event. Cindy had a great experience and wants to do this race again next year... Last updated: 2007-03-02 12:00 AM
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United States
Centurytel
34F / 1C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 839/1105
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 69/100
Warning: probably more detail than you're used to since I was an 'observer' (pacing my wife).
Drove up to Ashland on Friday night with Eric and Cheryl. Stopped in Duluth at Baja Billy's and had lunch with a friend who used to live in Farmington. Had a fish taco...mmm... Checked into the B&B and headed down to the convention center to pick up packets. East Bay (out of Wasau) was having a 50% off clearance on training gear. My wife bought 3 shirts, pants and shorts. She was estatic...I bought a pair of running pants because I didn't bring any, and temps at race start were predicted to be low (below 40). Stood in line to pay for the clothes and talked to a guy in his 60s that had just spent 90 days in jail. He had already done a dozen marathons this year and typically runs in the 3:35 range. I hope to do that when I'm 60...maybe not the jail part, though.
Ate dinner at the Deepwater Grille...pasta. Played a few games back at the B&B (Farkel) with the group, then went to bed around 10pm.
Breakfast at 6:30am. Toast, boiled eggs and cranberry juice for breakfast. Drove downtown with Cindy, Fred and Eric to catch the bus up to the start. Hit the port-o-john, then we PICKED UP OUR TIMING BANDS. That was goofy. Have never had to pick up timing bands AT the race start for a half mary. Met up with Scotty, Aaron and Mark in the warming house. It was COLD (34 degrees), so I was wearing an Underarmor vest, LS tech shirt, jacket and running pants, but decided to ditch the jacket and running pants at the gear bag drop-off (good decision...it got up to 54 by the end of the race). Saw Gretchen at the start.