Notes
2017 Myrtle Beach Half Marathon, Myrtle Beach, SC
Stayed at Sea Mist Resort due to Race Shuttle service. Resort located @ 9-10 mile marker for race. Not a good resort due to size and number of buildings there were, upkeep of building not good, showers small (about chest high), lack of heated pools, jacuzzis, etc in each building. Stayed at Dayton House last year, better resort, but no shuttle this year.
Cool temps @ 38 F at 5 am and slight wind @10-15mph, with wind Chill temp down to 28-30 degree range. Temp at race end @ low 40's, felt cooler with wind. Set alarms for 430 am; was dressed and out the door at 515 am to catch the shuttle to race start. Shuttle was a school bus the race supplied with some hotels. Arrived to Pelican Field near Broadway on the Beach @5:40 am. Plenty of port-a-jons. No corrals. Pelican Field open, with heated rest rooms open. Spent 30 minute waiting inside field concourse, no wind. Went to start line around 0615, barely made start of race, as there was a long narrow line runners had to follow to enter race area. Runners positioned themselves well within the start area, so no walkers interfered with the start of the race. I positioned myself with the 2:00hr group. Wore running pants, running gloves, and sweat shirt over running gear while waiting to start race and was comfortable. Ran in shorts, running pants, short sleeve running shirt over 2 long sleeve runner shirts, knee hi compression socks, running hat & cap, and gloves; starting sweating around mile 2. Pants did help due to wind making it feel cooler, but could have run with shorts and long compression socks and been OK. Running Shoes HOKA Biondi 4 (H1). Headwinds strongest at miles 6 and 12; both directions were heading west. Ran well the first 10 miles, legs started tiring around miles11-12. Water stations every 2 miles, water and powerade available. Finished race at Pelican Ball field. Pizza, fruit, donuts available.. Thunder Road had better set-up at finish. Overall, nice experience....no need to do this race again.
L1 9:06, L2 8:54, L3 8:46, L4 9:04; L5 9:04, L6 9:08,
L7 8:55, L8 9:10, L9 8:57, L10 9:13, L11 9;06, L12 9:21,
L13 9:03, L14 0:33
SPLITS: 10K 54:58, 8:51/mile