America's Finest City Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon

I thought I ran a good race the 1st 10 miles. I was averaging about 9:30 to 9:50 pace most of the way. As usual, I was really running out of steam by the time I hit the 10 mile point.

I walked a little bit right at 10 miles (I told my self I wouldn't, but somehow I did...).

I got myself going again, but definitely was going slower. I hung in there and ran (if you can call it that) up all the incline/hills to the finish, but was somewhat hurting.

I ran hard the last stretch across the bridge and through the park, but it doesn't make up for the longer slow stretch I had.

Finished with a big push and was very tired right after the race.

I should have had a bigger breakfast (more fuel). The bowl of oatmeal and handfull of pecans, just didn't cut it.

I didn't take any salt tabs. I'm a big sweater, but I didn't think it would be so warm that early in the day by the coast. I was wrong. It was around 85 at the finish. I was borderline cramping at mile 12 (left calf), and had a variety of areas wanting to cramp after the race.

I felt pretty run down at the end (ha-ha).

I probably should have tried to get more than 5 hours of sleep the night before, but I still felt pretty fresh at the start of the race. I don't know if it slowed me down, but I felt drained after 10 miles.

My long training runs the month before the race were 10, 11, 14, and 10 miles. I thought that would do the trick, but I keep faltering in the 10-13 mile range. I think my long runs should have all been around 3 miles longer...

Stayed on my feet for about 10 minutes. Then found some shade and sat down and stretched. Got plenty of fluids, and found some ice to rub on my neck (that was awesome).


If I was lighter, I would be dangerous out there !!!!!! :)

My training was decent, but I should have gone for slightly longer runs, to be able to get through the last 3 miles in better shape.

My only gripe about the race was there was HUGE delay for water at the 6.5 mile aid station. My fluid plan had me drinking one large bottle in the 1st half of the race and 1 in the second. I couldn't leave the aid station without my refill. It took forever to get about half a bottle of water. They just didn't have enough volunteers/water to meet the need).

One of the other aid stations at the bottom of 6th (big hill before finish) had no water at all (you don't discover this until you waded through the mob also trying to get water - only to be disappointed).

There were alot of great volunteers on the course (thanks to all of you ! ) but this water shortage was a bummer.





I wasn't as fast as I had hoped, but it was still a great day. I spent some time before the race admiring the view from the top of Pt Loma (overlooks San Diego harbor). I had some prayer time and just thanked God for my being able to be out there. It has been a difficult year, and was the 1st race since my surgery in June (bladder cancer).

All in all, it was a very good day.