ING Georgia Half-Marathon - RunHalf Marathon

my first race since Peachtree Road Race in 1986, decided to keep warm outer layer on which was smart, ran slow first mile with a friend and then did my own race, opened up my jacket at mile 3 and soon took it off, stayed very comfortable with biking My tights on, stopped at every hydration station, one power gel at mile 6 and another at mile 9 and chased with water, otherwise drank gatorade, felt well hydrated and good energy, was paranoid about hills but they went very well, I liked someone's comments about big arms w/little legs going up hill and focusing 15 feet ahead which helped,ran along the center line per my coach Mo, my feet got a little sore after mile 6, I know this is Forrest Gump but kept saying to myself I feel good, I'm well hydrated, I'm well energized, well oxygentated, could've stopped to pee but lines at most portajohns, really tried to push out the last three miles and focused on bonking after the finish line, actually felt good at the finish, felt great support from all the "fans"

working on drinking skills and not having to "wear" gatorade throughout the race, ? more cushioned shoes or orthotics? to ease foot pain, need better battery for iphone since it was wearing out at 2 hours, avoid trying to meet up with folks at the start-lost a lot of time with that, get to the race earlier and have time for b'room break and sip some more water,

put on everything I had because it was freezin, walked around but no stretches, water and a banana


20 years of not training!


definitely built up some confidence for the run portions of my upcoming tri's