Cellcom Green Bay Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon

I lined up near the front of the pack. The gun went off and we all took off running. I immediately settled into a nice stride and took it a little easier at first. I saw a couple other guys that I knew and exchanged [good] words with them then took off. At the Mile 1 mark the clock read 5:05 and everyone was like "You gotta be kidding me!", but then realized it was off as all our watches read 5:30. That was kinda funny.

After that I just kept the pace going and watching the HR to be sure I wasn't pushing too hard too early. Kept it right in the lower 160s and paced off a few guys that were in front of me. Everything felt awesome...stride, breathing, rhythm, etc. We hit the headwind in a few places but it wasn't really all that bad. Drafting behind some guys helped that as well.

I was slowly reeling in a few guys and also a couple passed me. I would try to keep up them for a while then let them go and keep on my pace.

The course was pretty flat, but at Mile 8-9 we hit a long slow incline that also had the headwind. By that time, most everyone was spaced out and nobody to really run behind so we just had to gut it out and try to keep pace. Shortly after there was short downhill, then tailwind which made a recovery from the "hard" section fairly quick. Got right back on pace.

I passed the Mile 10 marker at 58:01, a mere :28 seconds past my 15k (9.3 miles) PR. Before then I didn't really knew how it was going, but after that point I knew it was going to be a good race for me.

Around that time I tried to speed up just a bit to bring it home strong. At the half/full marathon break-off point we made a left turn onto Potts and right into a stiff headwind for about a mile. HR started to raise up a bit, but breathing was solid so I continued pushing trying to keep a good pace and maybe a little more.

We made it into Lambeau Field, did a loop and found our ways out. Once I hit that last turn out of Lambeau and into the parking lot I gave what was left and light 'em up for a strong finish.

At the aid stations I alternated between water and Gatorade at each one and also took in a Gu around 35' at Mile 7.

Nothing. The whole run I felt comfortable with my pace, rhythm, breathing and stride. Everything was clicking very well for me during the race.

I crossed the finish line, got my medal and my finisher's pic. Got some water, did some stretching and made my way over to the massage tent to get a massage. She did a decent job, but I shouldn't have stopped moving so soon after finishing. The legs tightened up quite a bit while I was on the table. I went over to the bag n tag, got some dry clothes, took in my recovery drink and stretched everything out for maybe 15'.


The wind was a bit stiff in a place or two, but not really that bad. Other than that...nothing!


As always, a prime event put on by the people at the Cellcom Green Bay Marathon.