Notes
Official chip time of 1:44:34. This is my third time running this half, and it always kicks my butt. On a positive note, I was 25 seconds faster than last year.
I was trying to maintain my goal marathon pace, which would be about 7:48 minutes per mile. The first four miles were right on pace, but fifth and sixth miles had some bigger hills, slowing my pace to 8:13 and 8:19 minutes per mile. Miles 7-10 were just ever-so-slightly faster than pace, but I fell off in miles 11 to 13, with times of 8:06, 7:59 and an ugly 8:53, with a fast downhill for the last tenth of a mile. On that 8:53 mile I walked briefly a couple of times on some of the finishing hills. Overall, I'm slightly disappointed with the time, but not overly so. Still feeling good, and a 10k on a flatter route next month will give me another indicator of my ability heading into the marathon in October.