Maine Coast Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon

I felt like I could run forever! At mile 6 I got hungry (stomach growling) and Diane gave me a jelly bean. At mile 8 I was given a packet of Clif Shot Bloks (salty margarita) and that helped a LOT. I also used accelerade. I ran all 13.1 miles except for four walk breaks of one minute each during the last three miles. I finished at a sprint with Jen.

Bring some food--I am going to need it. I am going to invest in some Clif Shot Bloks, those things rocked. They helped so much. I also would try to eat a little more early on, I couldn't believe my stomach was growling. Otherwise, I felt no pain.

When I stopped, my stomach cramped up (diaphragm actually) and my hamstrings started to hurt for the first time all day. I had to walk, stretch, stretch, stretch, stretch, and stretch. I ate some crackers, banana, lots of water, and half a slice of pepperoni pizza (mistake!). I walked some more, stretched some more, then took Advil. Kent gave me a short shoulder massage. A couple hours post-race I hosed my legs down for a couple minutes with cold, cold water, I continued to eat carbs then protein, then I took a 35 minute walk around town 5 hours post-race.


The fact that I never trained specifically for this half marathon. I trained for a triathlon, and expected to walk a lot of this. I actually performed far and away better than I could have dreamed. More food and more training will help me get even better.


I would have liked more drink stations, and more accelerade. We had drink stations every two miles...I realize every mile would have been too much but still, I'd liked to have seen them. The accelerade was only ever four miles--that should have definitely been every two, as far as I was concerned. I wonder if that was Accelerade's fault--were they stingy with the giveaway?? Otherwise, the staff was fab, the organization was fantastic, the post-race food was good (not as good as York Hospital's 5K though), and the field of all-women for this inaugural event was fabulous. I give it two definite thumbs-up!