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Seattle 1/2 Marathon - RunHalf Marathon

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Seattle, Washington
United States
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Total Time = 2h 37m 24s
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Pre-race routine:

Got up around 5:15. Ate toast with peanut butter and syrup. Milk. Stopped at Starbucks for my pre race Green Tea Latte. Yummy.

Event warmup:

Not enough!! Just walked from the car to the start.

Run

2h 37m 24s
13.1 miles
12m 01s min/mile

Comments:

The first two miles were not good. My shins tightened up and my times were awful. Before the bridge, I think around mile 2 I stopped and stretched and threw out my pace bands of 2:23, 2:25 and 2:30. I just wanted to finish....
I ran very slow and continued my run/walk. Ended up catching up with Paula for a bit, then finally shins felt ok in the tunnel. So during running I picked up the pace and continued with run 8 min, walk 1. I thought I better buck up and enjoy the run while my shins were hurting so, I no longer looked at my watch. Went to the bathroom (the real one) around Madrona. :) NICE no line and a real bathroom. Then it was ALL run no walk from about 8 miles on.....I may have walked a couple of minutes....I felt VERY, VERY strong on the hills, even the last hill wasn't bad.

I thought I would have a negitive split, but alas i was fooled.

What would you do differently?:

WARM UP!

Post race

What limited your ability to perform faster:

SHINS.
my original goal had been 2:15, but due to tendon issues and shin issues that goal went out the window before the race and then after mile 2, I just was interested in finishing!

Last updated: 2007-11-26 12:00 AM