Notes
I truly felt great for this run; however, a couple things I would change for future races.
1) Training runs prior to 1/2 need to reach 14-15 miles. I realize that most individuals training for this distance top out around 10-12, but I absolutely feel better when I know that I have the ability to push myself harder in a race than I do in training as my body is used to additional miles.
2) Show up to the race start more than 5 minutes ahead of beginning, nice to get your heart going for the race, but that is not quite the stress that I would prefer given a choice...
3) Work on nutrition plan. I was losing energy hard around miles 8 and 9. I was fortunately able to scavenge a banana off of a bystander, but that was a fortunate happenstance. Going into this race I could probably have used a bit more water in my system and the morning of I had a protein shake (30 grams in 2 cups of 1% lactose free milk) and a granny smith apple.