As always with running races for me I have no idea how I am going to do. Last stand alone half marathon was Shamrock in March 2009 so really had nothing to base this on.

The plan was to start the first 3 miles at 8:00 and then see how things were going and drop down to 7:45 until mile 10 then run with whatever I had left for the rest.

Started off in the 2nd corral 6:00 - 8:00 pace. Right off the bat I was running under 8:00 and had to hold back to let everyone running faster go and just settle into a pace.

First 3 miles went by in a blur, HR was steady and I felt good but as always I had no idea how long that would last so instead of dropping down to a 7:45 pace I just stayed at my 7:50 - 8:00 pace I had been running for the first 3 miles.

Miles 3 - 10 were pretty uneventful, there were some nice parts of the run by the water and the golf course. Back on the main road I just kept chugging along, HR steady still and bridge looming.

Got to the bridge and realized that it wasn't really that steep so kept my pace running up then took off once I hit the peak.

Last 3.24 miles

7:44
7:36
7:14
6:29

Finished strong, passed quite a few people in those last few miles, I felt great. Hit the porta potty, got my picture taken with the pirate and waited for everyone else to finish.

One of our neighbors was sand bagging and finished ahead of Sam by a few minutes but she still PR'd and beat our other neighbor so good day all around.


I was very happy with this run. Only think would be to run faster earlier. If I had enough in me to run a 22 something 5k at the end I should have run faster earlier.

Walked around to wait for our ride. Went out to breakfast with the neighbors. Relaxed a bit in our house then took the kids to Lazer tag which turned out to be a blast.


Nothing.


This is a fun race, there were spectators throughout the run and a fun finish area in Manteo.