Gary Bjorkland Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon

Run got really hot towards the end. I was told they put up the black flag for full marathoners. I felt really good for the first 8-9 miles and was enjoying my run with Emily. Took very few walk breaks in the first 7 miles or so which may have been a mistake. I did most of my training at a faster pace, but with 1 minutes walk breaks after evry 10 minutes. Also, longest training run was 10 miles. I missed my last long run and decided to do Manitou tri instead. BIG mistake. I pretty much lost it at mile 11.5 or so. Right quad cramped up tight and I kind of fell apart. Spent the last 1.5 miles shuffle hopping along.

Train much better. Absolutely need to get more longer runs in. My body knew when it had hits it's longest run and didn't want to go much further. Also, train the way I want to run. If I train with walk breaks I need to run with them.

I was pretty upset with myself for my weak finish so I pretty much sprinted out the final 200 yards. Probably not the best idea. Felt like I was going to blow chunks for a half hour or so afterwords. Talked to Emily and tried to keep down some Ensure.


Training. Also weight. I will be down 20 more pounds for Pigman HIM.


I really did enjoy the race. Emily was fun to run with and until the end I felt really strong. I was pretty down on myself for my time yesterday, but I'm starting to feel better about it. It was my first half marathon and I have only been running for 1.5 years. Weather was pretty warm and very little breeze. I'm going to chalk this up as a great learning experiance and say it was a successful first half marathon.