Notes
Accidentally stopped Garmin for about .19 mi while taking off heart rate monitor to tighten strap. Discovered this after putting HR monitor back on and restarted the timer. Hence the distance appears short when in fact the course was long according to my Garmin. I was pleased that I had something at the end, unlike at the Wilmington Half 2 weeks ago. This may be due to the shorter warm up but was probably more a result of better pacing. This was a hilly course with good competition, especially toward the end. I went back and forth leading and trailing a young red head lady who almost had me at the end. I told her to go ahead just before the 13-mile mark, then gave it a kick at that point and passed her before the finish. This was a fun race that was very well organized. I will want to do it again next year.