Felt really good the first few miles and had to slow the pace a few times. I realized around mile 4 that I might be able to get a PR. This wasn't even in my mind as a possibility before I started. My training wasn't as consistent as last year and I feel that I am still overcoming my injuries from the beginning of the year. Miles 5 - 10, I just tried to stay at a consistent pace. At the start of mile 10, I picked up the pace and would have had the last 3 miles as my fastest except for the GIANT 1/2 mile hill at the very end. This hill shattered me - I need to look up the hill profile, but it was long and steep. This is my 2nd HM and I finished almost 4 minutes faster this time - very happy with the results!

This was a fun race - it was a "zombie run" and many were dressed up not only as zombies, but other halloween costumes. My favorite where the guys dressed up as Reno 911 cops with their short shorts! A lady with a dog was running near me for quite a while and the dog had a fake arm in its mouth - cracked up every time I saw it.

Lap
1 10m 13s
2 09m 34s
3 10m 08s
4 10m 12s
5 10m 25s
6 10m 15s
7 10m 41s
8 10m 54s
9 10m 49s
10 10m 15s
11 09m 57s
12 09m 55s
13 10m 15s
14 01m 24s



nothing

walked around the finish area then got in line for my tshirt and pizza. Went home grabbed and shower (by then it was snowing) then drove 3 hours through a snow storm to the cabin where family was staying. Needless to stay I was quite sore when I got there!

Found out that I missed an awesome Aurora display the night before - somewhat of a bummer but wouldn't have changed anything.


train more consistently


The race was put on by the local running club. Great course! Would have been great if they had shuttles from the finish to start so I wouldn't have had to get a friend up on Saturday morning to haul my ass to the start. Also only 2 drink stations so I ended up taking my water fanny pack.