Dallas White Rock Marathon - Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon

Cannons went off and we were moving. Had decided pre-race that id be running w/ jeepfleeb so we headed off together and I just waited for him to give me his HR data so I would know if we needed to slow it down or speed it up :) We came to the first mile marker and I looked down to see 6:25. A bit fast but Aaron didnt seem to worried about it. It was cool starting so far towards the front. It seemed like a MUCH smaller race than it really was. I was quickly warming up and was totally happy I made the clothing choices I made. 6:55 was our next mile and was definitly more of my goal pace. I was feeling good and definitly didnt feel like id just run 2 miles in 13:20. When we got to mile three we had dropped back down to 6:35 and I think we both knew that was a little fast. The course leveled out a bit right there at Turtle Creek and we started to find a good steady pace. Mile four was 7:19 and felt a little slow after those previous miles. Everything seemed to be getting a little more crowded too. Mile 5 dropped down to 7:16. Aaron and I had been chatting on and off a bit and it really took my mind off the pace. We were both feeling good and I was feeling confident we could get really close to 1:30. 6 was 7:19. Our last three miles were all within 3 seconds of each other so we were holding a good steady pace. We came to 75 and that was the second aid station I drank at. I let Aaron and some other woman go ahead of me and then BAM. The woman drops her water cup all over my foot. Damn. After hoping it wouldnt rain all week that woman dropped her full cup on my foot. Ha. Other than that incident all my aid stations went really smooth. Mile 7 was 7:11. Felt good to bring it down just a bit. It was right after this marker that I took my first and only gel. Tasted really thick since it was so cold. It was at this point Aaron brought up the tiny out and back section. A few minutes later we could see that it had been moved down the street instead of on a side street. We made the u-turn and then took a right towards the nice 2-3 mile straight towards downtown. Mile 8 was 7:16 and we were both feeling great. It rained for just a few minutes right before 8 but it wasnt enough to bother me or Aaron. I thought I could feel the beginnings of a small blister... I knew it wouldnt be too much of a problem though. Mile 9 was 7:07 and it felt awesome. We were heading straight towards downtown at this point I we were well on our way to a 1:30ish half. Mile 10 was our last mile before we dropped the hammer. 7:12. We hit the ten mile mark and all the sudden started passing people :) We covered mile 11 in 6:46. Im a negative split addict so it felt awesome. I kept checking with Aaron to make sure we were keeping it over 160ish. Mile 12 passed in 6:25! We were flying now. I realized we werent going to break 1:30 but we would be damn close. I could hear fleeber making some random burbs so i was slightly worried he was feeling a little iffy. We slowed just a bit and covered the final 1.1 miles in about 8, probably a little less. Overall, if you graphed our splits it would have looked like an arch. Awesome negative splits. Aaron PRd and our finish line photo was us running w/ or shirts over our heads so you cant see our faces. Classic.

Take another gel. Normally I take two gels during half but I only had one at home. Other than that I would have changed a thing. I was there to help Aaron run that last 5K at a smokin pace and we did.

Beer.. Endurox.... Beer.

I walked a bit.... to the beer stand.

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Aarons HR.
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Had fun and did what I went out there to do. White Rock is a great race. I was my original half marathon back in 05' so im sure this will be one ill continue to do.