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Madison Mini

Goal is to break 1:40:00. That should be pretty soft, honestly but (a) it would be the fastest half post college (august 2014 doesn't count) and (b) the weather might be terrible and (c) I'll maybe be training through this.

Course map here: http://www.madisonminimarathon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2016/12/MINI18_CourseMap-1.jpg

Got there and beat Maria! More to come.

Ran sans watch (Maria forgot hers and I don't really need it), so only limited splits. But they are spectacular splits at that. Just marvel in the sub 7 minute pace for the first five miles (that started with back to back 6:45 miles) and then watch the wheels fall off. Miles 5 to 10 were pretty rough. Ended up stopping shortly after mile 10 for a quick pee break, but was sporadically walking because I was in pretty hard. Wasn't really passing people at all this race and probably shouldn't have started in Corral A this year. But it was fun being in the front chunk and I wasn't that far off. Maybe this is a better way for me to run, just throw myself bodily at the race and hang on for dear life. I know that's not really true, but it is kinda fun to do.

Maria finished with a big PR (1:37:41) and finished about 15 seconds behind me. She started off slower and was cruising the last 3 miles. She apparently finished with a 7:00 mile, which is pretty excellent.