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1/12/2013

5:33 AM

13.1 mi

1:23:52

6:25 mi

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65 F

Race Result

53 / 23126 (0.2%)
9 / 1608 (0.6%)
41 / 9998 (0.4%)
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Walt Disney World Half Marathon

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Notes

Humid, Fog,

9 CHRIS HANCOCK 40081 39 53 41 19:43 39:22 59:31 1:24:00 1:23:52 MELROSE, MA

Half Splits:

6.55 miles in 41:54 (6:24)

6.55 miles in 42:02 (6:26)

8 second positive split.

Started in first corral which had a nice big open road next to us for warming up. I ran about 1.5 miles easy for warmup and took my place about 20 ft from the line. With the wide road the start wasn't crowded up front and I settled into pace just a tad fast but it didn't feel like it. Soon I found a good group to run with for the first 4 miles and then they started to pick up the pace and I felt it wouldn't have been wise to follow. On my own for a couple miles, which included the Magic Kingdom where I felt like I had a surge because of all the sound and crowds. Looking at my splits that was probably a 5 second/mile surge. Out the back of the Magic Kingdom the humidity hit me and I had my toughest moments of the race as I passed the Floridian and Polynesian. Once I got on the main road to Epcot I settled into a comfortable rhythm running with a couple others. I kept it strong up the overpasses to Epcot where Sarge from Toy Story yelled that it was ok not to salute just this once... but doesn't he know you don't salute sergeants? Ran strong through Epcot and picked up the pace slightly over the last couple miles and passed a couple guys only to get passed before the line by a 15 year old kid. I tried to out sprint him but was one step behind.

Finished before 7 and walked straight over to the beer stand and bought a beer. I was soaked. It was humid and foggy. It was 65 but I could see my breath. I think the humidity may have robbed me 5 seconds a mile for some of the later miles but in the grand scheme of things that was not a disaster. My garmin was .13 miles long while my pr half was .11 short. I hit the same mileage as my PR about 12 seconds quicker fwiw. I think it's almost impossible to run the tangents on this race and if you do the off camber will suck.

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