Notes
Stomp the Grapes Half Marathon. First time run for me at this event. Nice cool morning, partly cloudy, temperature in the 40's. Ran in shorts, T shirt and gloves. Took off the gloves at about the 8 mile mark while running through the Towpath trails. Nice fairly downhill course for the first 8-9 miles, then a steady climb to the finish. Had a goal time of 1:35:00, finished at 1:37:11 pretty close, the last 4 miles killed the goal.
The race overall was not very well organized, there were not enough porta pots on the route and the start was very abrupt. I did however enjoy the wine at the post race. I also enjoyed the fact that I placed 2nd in my age group and received a nice stone ware mug as an award.