I was concerned about overheating and hydration due to the hot humid weather. There were eight water/gatorade aid stations along the length of the course and since it was an out and back route, you had 16 aid stations over a 13 mile run. I sipped gatorade or water at every station and dumped a cup of water over my head and down my back at every station. I was pretty warm the first 2 miles, but I was actually pretty darn comfortable the rest of the run.

I obviously did not train enough for this race. I approached this one strictly as a training run and not really a race since I knew I would not perform at what I am capable of. I was 10 minutes slower than my last 1/2 marathon but I was really shooting to beat 2 hrs due the weather and the lack of training.

Walked alot, drank gatorade and had some food. Stretched for about 15 minutes.


Training.


This was a great race. It is only the fourth year for this event, but they were so well organized that you would have thought they'd been doing this for many more years. Lots of volunteers at every aid station and as I mentioned, there were lots of aid stations. They even had a huge group pre-race warm up run by the instructors from one of the local fitness centers to some really up beat music. They had a massive food spread available after the race with water, gatorade, vitamin water, and suprisingly, diet pepsi. The food included fried rice, sausage, pancakes, and tons of fruit. This was probably one of the best orgainized events I've ever done and if I'm ever back here in October, I would definitely do it again.

While not my best race performance, I am overall pretty happy with the results. My goal was sub 2 hrs and I made it easily. Next time I'll actually train.