Run went pretty smooth. I did the walk 1 minute each mile. I've never been a race where you are always, and I mean always surrounded by a crowd. You couldn't really zone out because you had to watch your step. Around mile 10 I wanted to start upping the pace. I would feel like the pace is harder but stayed the same. At mile 12 I was tired of running :-) I was pretty tired. I walked an extra 15 seconds to talk to myself. I ran the last 1.1 miles and even half sprinted the last 100y or so! Crowds of people got me going at the end! Was nice to finish in upper half rather than lower quarter for a change. Our local races are mosthly fast people so I am always at the bottom :-)

Figure out how not to have to pee in first mile :-) Go a little harder earlier. I had such a bad half mary in Nov I was a little conservative. I was close to spent at end, but could have pushed more.

Got my chip taken off, was given a cool Foil sheet to cover with and went to stand in line for picture and drinks.


Mentally afraid to push too much early due to bad race in Nov. Still happy with beating my first goal of 2:30. Really wanted to average 11:00 pace, but happy anyways.


Great race. A couple places you had to wait 2miles for aid station that threw my time to take my Gu's off, but overall was plenty. Very fun race. Deena Castor (Oly Bronze medalist) spoke to use before the race which was cool.