Mercer Island Half Marathon 3/22/2009

Mercer Island Half Marathon 3/22/2009

Bob: 1:26:23 (6:35 m/m)
mile 1: 6:42
mile 2: 6:44
mile 3: 6:37
mile 4: 6:41
mile 5: 6:30
mile 6: 6:39
mile 7: 6:36
mile 8: 6:32
mile 9: 6:33
mile 10:6:33
mile 11: 6:09
mile 12 : 6:42 (up hill)
mile 13: 6:24
mile 13.1 : 0:56 (6:26 m/m)

placing (not that it matters...): 43/ 8xx men, age group 12/180

things i did well:
1) ran in sweats week before to heat acclimate...seemed to help w/ perceived effort
2) ate pasta the night before...felt already depleted when i ran the seattle 1/2
3) slept well the week before
4) started at goal pace +5 seconds for the first 4 miles, enabled me to hold pace/ speed up after that. tried to run relaxed and not push the pace. goal pace seemed to be not so much effort to hold.
5) water at miles 3.5, 7.5, 10, no gatorade, but had 1/4 of a gu right before mile 10
6) held back a little on the steeper downhills to save the quads...though quads are sore 3 days later still