First half mile was hard, because it was so crowded. Even though there was a separate walker start ten minutes later, there were a lot of walkers in between the runners. Pace started out good, mood was good, next 1.5 miles were a breeze. Hardest part was the last long hill of the course. At the end of that hill, I felt sick and didn't get much better until I crossed the finish line.

Don't wear gloves. Halfway through I took them off... I never learn that my hands are overheating first. Other than that... All is good.

Walked around until stomach settled. Got rid of the chip, started searching for BF and then jogged to the car.


Still only little running experience, but I think this race represents my current ability level and when I keep training, there is still a lot of improvement in for me.


A little on the downside of this race was the organization of the result list. I was on the guntime result list, but not on the chip time result list. The same happened to a co-worker of me. The answer of the race director to this was 'you know how computer are, maybe the chips didn't work'. Alright, but why is my chip time then listed on the gun time list, if you say my chip hasn't worked.... Oh well.