Notes
8:33
8:00
7:46
7:11
7:27
7:30
7:18
7:30
7:32
7:24
7:28
14:56 (2 miles)
7:28
7:27
7:30
7:29
15:01 (2 miles)
7:37
7:13
7:18
7:15
7:26
7:12
8:54 (1.2 miles)
I had a great race. The gun went off at 7:30am and it was 32 degrees. I was worried about the cold but it didn't affect me much at all. The first few miles were very packed and I couldn't get going as quickly as I wanted to but the streets were wide and it started opening up around mile 3 or 4. After that it was pretty smooth sailing and I was able to keep my pace of about 7:30.
I had some trouble with my right achilles / calf the previous few days that gave me some trouble early on but it faded and didn't affect anything. The first half marathon flew by and I was feeling very strong and fast. Towards the last 5 or 6 miles I really started to feel tired and my legs were very heavy. I actually increased my pace at this point and was able to hold a pace of around 7:15 through the end.