This is a good race to do. The busses took a long time to pick up everyone from the pick up locations since there was no parking near the start. Once I got there everything ran smoothly from clothing drop off to bathrooms. I did have to start way back and it took a while to get through the crowd, but around mile 4 it started to thin out and I passed the 3:30 marathon pace group. About a mile and a quarter of the 1/2 was on the beach. The sand was pretty packed, but it was still running on the beach and was glad when I got off. There were a couple of hills from the bridge and on and off ramps. The bridge at the last mile was tough, but it was nice to have a down hill to the finish. Mile 12 was at the top of the bridge. There was pleanty of music and water stops. They had water about every mile and active water every other mile. Great weather besides the humidity, which I am use to. It started in the upper 40's and got into the mid to upper 50's.
I felt like I could have pushed it harder, but I haven't been training at 1/2 marathon pace and didn't want to run out of energy the last few miles. My next one I will be prepared. | 