Splits from watch:

1 - 9:23
2 - 9:36
3 - 9:46
4 - 9:53
5 - 9:49
6 - 9:44
7 - 9:40
8 - 9:48
9 - 9:52
10 - 9:52
11 - 10:28 (walked through water stop)
12 - 9:31
13 - 9:15

1 - :46

Never could get my heart rate under control, and never found a comfortable pace. It just never came together for me - not my day, I guess! Truly didn't enjoy much of this race at all - stubborn determination kept me moving forward. My legs were beat by mile 5, at which point I knew a PR was not in the cards. Had some significant forefoot soreness for the rest of the race after about that same point. Stomach had been weird before the race but never did bother me while running, at least. The air temperature was a lot warmer than my body was used to running in and the sun was blazing over just about the entire course. Drank 1-2 cups of water at every water stop. Ate 3 Luna Moons each at miles 5 and 8 and took a Hammer gel at mile 10. Picked up the pace a little in the last couple miles just because I wanted it to be over that much sooner!

I don't know. Just wasn't my day and that was okay. It was still a nice race and an awesome weekend, so I have no regrets. I'll go sub-2 at some point, I have no doubt about that - this race just wasn't the one for it.

One thing I DO know I would do differently is run in a newer pair of shoes - these were at the end of their life and I think that was the cause of the leg and foot fatigue and pain. Oh, and I also wouldn't eat a meatball sandwich for lunch the day before. It tasted AWESOME but goofed up my stomach (lots of gas pain and pressure) for most of the rest of Saturday.

Walked through the finish area to the family reunion area. Parked myself on the grass and ate some food and drank water til I saw Travis approaching.


I'm sure the relative heat and old shoes didn't help.


Good race overall, though I had expected more bands. The music just didn't keep me going like I had thought it would.