Subject: RE: White Lake HalfNotasfast, This was my 4th White Lake Half and I really blew up in the heat last year, but I set my previous PR in 2011 when conditions "were not that bad". At lot of factors played into my performance on Saturday (improved fitness, proper pacing on the bike, cooler weather) but I ran the course 19 minutes faster than I have ever run it before and that translated into a 13 minute PR for me. I really hope they keep this race in April in the future. I know everyone was worried about the water temperature, but I think that was really a product of an unusually cold March. And, as has already been stated, the real battle on the swim was not the cold water but the chop from the wind. Alan |