ING Georgia Half-Marathon - RunHalf Marathon

Sad to say but I was not mentally into this race. I'm really not sure why either. All I really wanted to do was to break 1:40 but I secretly thought I might have trouble breaking 1:45. I told my coach that this was a C race and because of that I didn't taper. Still today, I'm good with that decision as I think it will help me come Macon HIM and Augusta HIM (running hard on tired legs).

I tried to get to coral 1 but only made it as far as coral 3. Saw Lisa B. My plan was to go 7:45 for 5 miles, 7:25 for 5 miles and 7:05 for the last 3 (or whatever I had left). I think I can run this pace if I put the right priority on the race. Typically, negative splitting a race and using this pacing strategy produces great results for me (which it did once again).

1st mile was slow and had this been closer to 7:45, I might (might) have been able to go sub 1:40. Oh well. Otherwise pacing was right were I wanted it to be.


Lap Time Distance Pace/Speed AHR MHR
1 08m 21s 1.00 miles 08m 21s /mile
2 07m 48s 1.00 miles 07m 48s /mile
3 07m 52s 1.00 miles 07m 52s /mile
4 07m 47s 1.00 miles 07m 47s /mile
5 07m 34s 1.00 miles 07m 34s /mile
6 07m 32s 1.00 miles 07m 32s /mile
7 07m 40s 1.00 miles 07m 40s /mile
8 07m 25s 1.00 miles 07m 25s /mile
9 07m 20s 1.00 miles 07m 20s /mile
10 07m 30s 1.00 miles 07m 30s /mile
11 07m 24s 1.00 miles 07m 24s /mile
12 07m 34s 1.00 miles 07m 34s /mile
13 07m 27s 1.00 miles 07m 27s /mile
14 01m 26s 0.20 miles 07m 04s /mile

Dropped the hammer a mile early as it's flat in Piedmont Park and after that, you have a 2 mile climb to get to Marietta Street.

Saw Nora at mile 2 or 3 and GW at mile 5 or 6. Saw Rebbecca from swim at mile 9 I think.

Went for a 5 mile cool down run followed by 3 hours of stretching..... wait, who am I kidding. Went back to the hotel, showered and hung out to watch J.Corn finish her 1st mary.


Honestly, after reading Greg Cornelius' race report it is clear that some people have the drive and ability to haul ass in a 10k/1/2 mary and some, like me, don't. I just don't want to push myself running. When it comes to triathlon, I'm all over jumping on the pain train from start to finish but I'm just not all that crazy about running balls out from the gate. I'd much rather ease into a running race and my best performances tend to come from negative splits.

Was this a limiter? Could I have run faster? Who knows. I do like me a 1:40 on tired legs though so I can't complain.


A good race. I liked the course better the first year. Weather in GA in the spring is a little hit/miss but that is not the RD's fault. Year 1 was perfect. Year 2 was rainy and cold. Year 3 was better than year 2 but still a bit chilly.