My time was 2:14:44 - about 5 minutes slower than my goal. I made a number of mistakes during and before the race. First, I forgot my watch and HR monitor at home, so I had no accurate way to keep my pace. Overall I went out a litte fast. My first 5K and 10K splits averaged 9:45 miles. This is a little too fast for 13 miles. My 10 mile split was 1:39:07 (9:55 mile), a person best for 10 miles. However, the problem was this race was 13.1 miles. I ended up walking some on miles 10-12 and didn't make my goal. My average pace ended at 10:17, so I lost a lot of time on those 2 miles.

Hyrdration during the race was not great. I only hit 1 water station in the first 10 miles. I really needed water after I skipped the water station at mile 8.5.

Getting aroud the course with 16,000 other people proved to be a challenge, you had to constantly be aware of other runners around and sometimes it was hard to pass.



Stick to my original plan of 10 minute miles. Use my HR monitor. A little more hydration. Train for 13 miles, instead of 10.

Light stretching. 2 mile walk back to the car.


Out too fast!


OK. I finished my first half marathon. It didn't go exactly as planned, but if you told me at the beginning of the year I would be running a half marathon, I would have thought you were crazy.

The race itself was great. The bands were great and there were about 50,000 people on the course cheering us on. I had a lot of fun and plan on many more races in the future.