I am really happy with my run today, was looking to run in the low 8's (8:15 or so) and finished with a 7:56 pace. My first mile was slower 8:38 due to all the traffic, something like 3000 people at this event. Course had a few hills so thought I would be off my pace a little since my normal work out loop doesn't have a lot of hills, but I did pretty well. Didn't run for 2 days prior to this race and I think that was a good thing my legs really felt pretty good the entire race.




Start farther up in the pack, I positioned myself right at the 8 minute pace sign at the start, put apparently others did not follow the signs, the first mile or so was really crowded, guess for the White Rock Marathon I will put myself a little in front of the 8 minute pace sign since I am looking at a high 8 (8:40 or so) pace for the full marathon.

Drank some endurox r4 and just walked around, had a banana, and a burger then drove home.


the large crowd. it took more than 3 miles to get clear running.


Race started right on time, which was great, most races seem to always be a least a little late. Also it was cool, that for people that signed up early, they had their names on the race bibs so, as I was running several times the race on lookers actually addressed me by name as they offered encouragement.