Well. I am pretty excited about these results! from 11 miles on I was on the verge of calf cramps. the last 1.1 I was pulling my great toe up in my shoes as I ran and couldn't sprint at all- I knew I had slowed down but I had to in order to avoid spasms.
I warmed up for just a 1/4 mile. at the start the 2 hour pace sign wasn't anywhere to be found. I also couldn't find the first mile marker. I felt like I was going out pretty easy. it was around 13 minutes that all the sudden I noticed that I was just ahead of the 2 hour pace guy. I slowed down and let him and the group pass me and then tried to stay 15 seconds behind him. My splits were uneven because I realized that I had gone out too fast and wanted to slow down. The pace guy slowed down too. total time was 1:59:19. Here are my splits 17:54, 9:32, 9:37, 9:12, 9:17, 8:55, 9:02, 8:25 (not sure what happened here? but I felt great), 8:41, 9:01, 9:03, then couldn't find the 13 miles marked so the last 1.1 was 10:38 (9:40 pace for the last 1.1). last 5 k was 28:42. I ran 6 miles in 0:55:32 then the last 7.1 in 1:03:44
In february of this year, before I was diagnosed with coronary artery disease, I ran a half in 2:27:05. I am very proud of this improvement.
I ran another 2 miles after the race.
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