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Willie McCool Half Marathon. 60 degrees, 42% humidity, wind W at 15 mph. 8:17 avg pace. HRM didn't work. Gave it a solid effort and broke 1:50. Several issues at the start, HRM not working, started timer late, bikes leading the pack took about the first 60 runners (including me) about .2 miles off course right at the start. Wind was noticeable running into it from miles 3 to 8. Overall felt like I gave it a pretty solid effort, but probably could have pushed a little harder. Good race. Edited GPS to match actual path and changed time to official time. Eli ran the last little bit to the finish with me or I probably could have sprinted and gone sub 1:50 on the clock. Oh well, maybe next time.

Okay, logging this short as a half marathon. If it would have only been a 1/2 marathon and we didn't run the extra .22 miles at the start, my time would have been 1:48:29 instead of 1:50:04. GPS overage is not due to not running tangents, GPS error, etc., it is due to us following the race officials instructions and running .22 extra over and above the certified course.