I missed on my Garmin start which really messed me up on tracking my overall time. I was pacing nicely (8:30) for the first 6 miles. There was two hill between 4 and 6 that got my attention. At mile 8 I was officially tired and cranky then an angel appeared. A women no more than 5 feet tall came by me and said jump on I am hold 9 minutes miles you can do it. So, she paced me to mile 11. I struggled from this point to the finish with about a 10 min mile pace. I wish my Garmin was on track because I think I would have motivated to go under 2 hours.

Not do a 50 mile ride the day before the race and use the 1/2 Mary to end my biggest work out week in six months. :-) In other words, nothing. It was a great training run and my first 1/2 Mary. It was a perfect morning.

I ran with my wind jacket the whole time. After thinking about it, I think I may have gotten dehydrated at the end. I cleaned out my bag and everything was extra wet. I may have over heated some at the end as it was getting warm and the sun was out.

Oh, I may run a few more hills which still give me fits. I think they strip away the illusion of endurance and give me a clear indication of my fitness. I am on track for my June HIM, just need to keep moving forward.

Sat for a minute at finish line, then walked to the bus to get back to start line. Changed and headed home.


endurance...this was my first double digit mileage run since my HIM in Oct. Dehydration may have been a factor. It was the end of a big week of work outs, so I was tired going into the run. No excuses, I am happy with the run.


I would do it again which is the best post race comment you can get.