It has been unseasonably warm this year and the day of the half we started with temperatures in the 60s. I missed running the half last year since I had just started running again after back surgery the week of the half so I ran the 5K. I wasn't tapered for this half but still wanted to attempt my PR which was 1:23:51 two years ago. I started out running with Katie hoping I could keep up with her since she runs faster 5Ks than me. I noticed right away soreness in my legs running fast on the road but it got better after a few miles. We caught up to another guy in a green shirt and stayed close. The miles were close to goal but the pace felt tough to me for this early in the race.
About mile 6, I ran ahead of them and was in second. Ryan was way ahead. About at 6.5 miiles I notice both my calves are feeling sore. Legs were working fine so just hoping I could run through the pain and the hills weren't too bad or it wouldn't have been easy.. It was more just muscle soreness like I felt after Syllamo and I guess at this speed it made a reappearance. Eventually, the pain subsides and the guy we had run with earlier catches up to me. We pass back and forth for about 2.5 miles until mile 11.5. A young guy running his first half blows right past us like we are standing still. I speed up a little and then the calf soreness returns and green shirt guy passes me. A couple years ago when it was 32F on race day I finished this with faster average splits the last 2 miles, but I slowed down a little this time and ran them in 6:36.
Overall pace was 6:30 and time 1:25:33 and felt I really had to work for it and it was good I had some runners to actually push me or I may have given up sooner. Overall placed 4th of 161 and first place 40 - 49/masters (26 runners in AG) and got one of the usual glass blocks. I think there were 140 runners. A fun trip too since we road tripped with friends and many others were there as well. We all went out to eat together after.
Splits
Results.
Running with Katie |
Hugh on left |
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