I was looking forward to this race because I feel like I've been getting a little bit faster and I wanted to have a better half-marathon PR. I also thought I had gotten over the whole needing-to-go-to-the-bathroom-during-a-race thing, and yesterday or today Eric said, "This'll probably be your first half where you don't have to stop to go to the bathroom." It wasn't. It wasn't as bad as my first half marathon (when I went to the hospital after) or my second (when I spent about 20 minutes in a port-a-potty), but it wasn't as good as my third (when I just ducked behind a bush (on Antelope Island) to pee). I still met my goal of finishing in under 2 hours, and up until about mile 10 I was still below my target marathon pace, but it's disappointing that I might have made my *dream* goal of finishing in 1:45 if I had been feeling better. Stupid trots...but I guess that figuring that out is part of the training game as much as anything else. Overall it was a good experience (even with the rain and cold). I like road races, and at least there were port-a-potties to use. Like always, my favorite part was seeing Eric at the finish line. Splits (can you guess where were the two stops?): Mile 1: 7:25 Mile 2: 8:11 Mile 3: 7:37 Mile 4: 8:09 Mile 5: 8:11 Mile 6: 9:21 Mile 7: 8:18 Mile 8: 8:44 Mile 9: 8:12 Mile 10: 8:20 Mile 11: 8:36 Mile 12: 12:14 Mile 13: 7:58
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