Ran a half marathon in our own back yard. The race was held in the county park in which we train year round. The race started at 7:30 am with a temperature of 61ยบ and 84% humidity. I met Jackie Wachtel(?), an elite female runner, at the starting line who asked me what I hoped to run today and I told her 1:35. I put the question back to her and she said she'd like to go under 1:22. She finished in 1:21:30, 1st overall! I followed her from the gun for the first quarter mile and glanced down at my watch to see a 6:11 pace. I quickly reassessed my sanity and began backing down.
While my plan was to run the first couple of miles at or below 7:30, I ran much faster that expected. When I finally settled in, the pace was a fairly solid 7:05. Though it was way under goal pace it felt very comfortable given the conditions so I decided to see how long I could maintain it. My splits tell the rest. This is my new half marathon PR. It was great to see my Strider family throughout the run, cheering, fist bumps, and "Hey, there's a girl ahead of you..." and most of all to see our running buddies Eudair & Mark P at the finish line bringing me all the way into the shoot and celebrating my best finish ever! I honestly don't know who was more suprised by my time, me or them :)
- 6:50
- 7:07
- 7:03
- 7:05
- 7:05
- 7:07
- 7:12
- 7:00
- 7:08
- 7:09
- 7:13
- 7:19
- 7:23
- 6:52 (last .01)
Total Time: 1:33:10 Average pace: 7:08 | 