Today I ran the National Half Marathon in DC. It was my first race of this distance but I mostly just trained through it until the last 3 miles where I started running faster to try to hit under 2 hours. Instead of a typical race report here were the pros and cons: Cons - Long lines at expo - Cab didn't show up and couldn't find one so had to drive, avoid traffic, and park and hustle to the start - Started in a corral that was way too far back so I had to push my way up the entire time - No GU on the course and only had one in my pocket so no nutrition - Got the wrong medal at the finish - Finish line VERY crowded so difficult to get food - Traffic and road closures on the way home Pros - Did better than I expected considering it was a training race (1:55:29 - 8:49/mile) - Nice course through all parts of DC including Dupont - Weather was freezing but we got nice gloves which kept me warm - Seeing people I knew on the course was nice All in all that was it. A great way to get in a training run. 13 miles by myself would have not been as fun!