Notes
I had never added the Parks Half Marathon to my running blog. My Garmin died after 4.3 miles, so I had to run the last 9 miles by feel. The first 4 mile splits were 9:29, 9:15, 9:54 and 10:19 (big hill during mile 4!). I had my Fitbit charge with watch on my wrist during the race, so I was able to see that I was still within a 10min/mile pace through most of the race until I walked up the hill coming out of the Park around mile 11. I then walked most of the final mile - I was starting to get tired and after the race I had to go home to prep and cook a turkey for the 23 people we were having for Erev Rosh Hashana dinner (and lead services the next two mornings). I still finished with a 2:15:49 which is a good time for me.