Bob: time 1h 40'10" - average pace = 7:38 min/ mile. Overall place 538 out of over 10,000 finishers. On this day, given the temperature, I don't think I could have run faster. Wanted to break 1h 40', but fell a bit short.
From the Garmin 305 split times were as follows:
mile 1: 8:06
mile 2: 7:46
mile 3: 7:35
mile 4: 7:30
mile 5: 7:36
mile 6: 7:30
mile 7: 7:30
mile 8: 7:30
mile 9: 7:31
mile 10: 7:27
mile 11: 7:25
mile 12: 7:34
mile 13: 7:25
mile .24 (GPS error?) 1:36 (6:47 pace)
First half split was 51:00
Second half split was 49:10
Running negative splits felt great. The flat course made it easy to be consistent. They say the race begins at 10 miles - so true: I stuck to my strategy early on, but could not pick up the pace enough in the final miles to get under 1h40'. Chiruning focus really helped - mostly focused cadence, posture, and lean. When I was tired towards the end, I focused on relaxing legs and arms and leaning.
Looking at my splits, mile 12 being 10 seconds slower is an indication that I was feeling a bit tired - and I was pushing myself at that point to maintian pace. Don't get me wrong, for my first 1/2 marathon I am quite happy with my time. While both Marcy and myself have had harder days ski touring, this was pretty tough. Cant wait to start training for the next one.
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