All in all, I am very pleased with my performance. I did much more running than I thought possible, and actually felt pretty good overall. At times, I was trotting along at a 10:30/mile pace surprisingly. Up until mile 9 I felt great, lots of energy, no pain, and no breathing issues. After mile 9, my energy flagged a bit, but adding a few more walk breaks helped. I will say that around mile 7 I got distracted...A guy flying a remote control "flying wing" next to the course; I was really into watching that wing do flips, loop-de-loops, etc....pretty awesome. At mile 11, my feet and ankles decided they were unhappy and that UNDER NO TERMS WOULD THEY BE HAPPY! Oh the pain! At 11.75 miles, I basically was walking. I had the energy, and the will but it just HURT. When we came to the last quarter mile, I could see the chute in sight, at which point I got a blast of energy that overrode the pain, and I did run the way in.

Hmmm....maybe TRAIN???? Obviously, this was not a choice for a race that I only knew I was doing a few days beforehand. And at least, I know what I CAN do regardless, and so I can aim for a specific time and feel before Urban Cow in October.

Stretched, hung out with my run team friends (one of which did Tough Mudder- 10+ miles and obstacles that very morning, then drove back from Tahoe to run this half! CRAZY! But he did it!), and ate some food. Then I drove home.


Its that silly lack of training thing again.That and some silly foot pain at the end....


I had fun, it was a good setup, but there was very little moon light....it was a waning crescent moon. :( In any case, I had a good time and may do it again next year. Even though they did start my wave 10 minutes late....