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Comments: The first half of the race seemed to go by quickly. I was feeling great, and really enjoying the heck out of the day. The 9/1 pacing was working well, and when the mile 7 marker came up, I was thrilled to see I was more than halfway there. After we turned away from the water and back toward the center of town, it started to warm up. The sun, combined with my forgetting to wear a hat made my head warm up a bit too much, and I ended up with a sunburn to boot. Once past mile 10, there was one last hill, and it was a less than fun time. At the top, you made a right turn, and found out quickly the hill kept going up. Oy. Once past that, I kept on going, and was feeling like it was the longest mile I'd run ever. No way I had slowed down that much. I finally asked someone next to me if we'd passed the mile 11 marker. "Yeah, it was way back there!". Was that ever good news! It gave me a very temporary boost. By now the heat was increasing, and I was just looking for the finish. Mile 11 to 12.5 were tough - just kept moving forward, knowing I was going to finish, and the line was nearby. Entered the center of town, and had about 1/2 mile to go. Passing the 13 mile marker you could see the finish dead ahead - and downhill. I decided to make a sprint of it, but after about 100 yards, my legs felt like 2 pieces of rubber over which I had no control. Decided to back it off, and cruised into the finsh, with a fist pump or two, and feeling good What would you do differently?: For my first half, I wouldn't change anything. My goal today was simple -- finish the race. No time expectations, etc. Just get there, run, have fun, and finish healthy. Mission accomplished.  Post race
Warm down: Walked around a bit, had some water, a banana, and rested a bit. I was tired! Totally forgot about all the post race food, and just went home. Temp was about 15 degrees higher at the finish than when we started. Weighed myself at home and saw I lost about 5 pounds during the race. Drank lots of fluids the rest of the day. Event comments: I'd do this race again. On course organization was great. Beautiful scenery, lots of folks out supporting. Good time. Last updated: 2012-01-28 12:00 AM
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 2012-03-19 7:47 AM |
Master  3195     Just South of Boston |  Subject: Half of Quincy Half Marathon |
| 2012-03-19 1:18 PM in reply to: #4102406 |
Master 1736 Midcoast Maine | Subject: RE: Half of Quincy Half Marathon Great job Mike! Glad the run/walk worked out - and no injury issues. And now...you know you can complete the distance come June. |
| 2012-03-19 9:56 PM in reply to: #4102406 |
Expert 859 Perth, Australia | Subject: RE: Half of Quincy Half Marathon Brilliant Mike, many congratulations and glad the run/walk worked so well. What a confidence boost for the HIM, goodonya mate. |
| 2012-03-19 11:38 PM in reply to: #4102406 |
Veteran 213 Lake Monticello, Virginia | Subject: RE: Half of Quincy Half Marathon Way to go Mike! Can't say that enough. Any pictures to post for your mentor pals? |
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Had signed up for this race last year, but a foot injury prevented me from running. When registration opened last fall, I jumped at the chance to give it another shot. About a week later, a knee injury (tendonitis/bursitis overuse injury) sidelined me for nearly 2 months, so doing this race was in doubt as recently as a few weeks ago. With some great encouragement from my BT mentor group, and some good advise, it was obvious I had to go out and finish my first half marathon!
I've been training for a HIM since January, and my running came back nicely, althought I was (am) highly paranoid about reinjuring my knee. So for this race, I adopted the Galloway run/walk method, and planned on a 9/1 ratio of run/walk.
For race day, I was up at 5:30, had a breakfast of whole wheat toast with jelly, some coffee, a banana, and started working on some water and Gatorade. Had to pick up my registration packet prerace, so I made the 20 minute drive to the race site. Registrion was running behind on set up, but after a wait, I had everything ready to go by 8 AM, giving me an hour to kill befor the start
Not much, other than some light stretching, needing to use the bathroom about 20 times, and trying not to think too much about how I was about to go out and try to run 13 miles for the first time.