Georgetown to Idaho Springs Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon

Pretty miserable run. Wanted to go around 1:30 and started on that pace. Immediately saw HR at and above LT, and that was just going at a 6:50-ish pace. Started feeling mediocre to bad within a couple of miles. Held pace for 5 miles though, and then sort of watched it slip away. At mile 9 I knew that the goal was unattainable, and even going under a 7 minute pace probably wasn't going to happen, so I shut it down and just jogged in. Good training day, bad race.

Overall though, I did a similar half last year that I was using as training, and didn't feel good on that day either, and went much slower. I guess I have to keep it in perspective and respect the fact that I can do a 7:30 pace half mary feeling like total crap and being undertrained.

Take some gels. Forgot to bring gels and had only PowerAid and water on the course. I don't think it would have helped me go 1:30, but I would have felt better in the last 3-4 miles, where I felt bonky and miserable.

Walked for a while, and then an easy jog. Lots of stretching after the race and an ice bath when I got home.


Lack of training, bad nutrition this week, two nights out fairly late drinking beer, I'm not really fully recovered from IM. All contributing factors. I'm not upset or making excuses, it's just a fact that I'm not really ready to race hard right now.


I liked the race for scenery, there were plenty of good runners up there, and I would like to give it another shot better trained and more mentally ready to race. Post race stuff was pretty weak - O'Dell's beer and crap food.