My first half was great. Probably went out too hard, but it's hard to know with the downhill first half. My feet held up great. The tape worked well, except it caused some other issues. My feet started to get a ton of hot spots, and after the race figured out that it caused blisters and tore up the skin on my right achilles. It was worth the trade off in my eyes.

Around mile 20 I tore open a blister and it HURT. I had to walk probably the most that mile. After it calmed down I sucked it up and tried to finish hard

I trained really well for this race. I wish injuries to my feet didn't get in the way the last couple months and that I could have finish my training as well as I started. Also, if trained fully I would have been able to know my pace and stick to it. My splits were all over the place.

I was spent and tired. Tried to stretch and grab some food.


Injuries to my feet preventing me from finishing my training plan in the last couple months.


The race was fun because of friends etc, but will probably be the last time we do this race. The "goody bag" had NOTHING in it except advertising. Not even coupons. The race shirt was an iron on that wasn't centered and the aid stations were average at best. Water and poweraide most of the time, yet I had to fill my own cup more than once!

Aid stations by the spectators along the course were better than the race. After party was pretty lame and food was meh. Only thing they did great was the medal.