Notes
Had a surprisingly good race today. I was worried going in because I only did 2 long runs (12 and 13), my mileage has been low, and I did basically no faster running leading up to this. I was planning on going out with the 1:50 pace group and trying to pick it up after halfway. I was resigned to this being my slowest half marathon ever.
I started out faster than expected and caught up with Kevin around mile 3. I noticed that we were running 7:40s and thought we should slow down, but we felt good so we kept going. We actually stayed around 7:40s the rest of the way, with a few 7:30s in there for good measure. Kevin's PR was 1:45, so I figured we would pace to reach that. We hit mile 9 at 1:10:10, which meant we were nearly 2 minutes ahead of our goal. At that point I thought we could go under 1:43, so I kept chugging away. I felt strong right up to the end and split off from Kevin at mile 12.
I'm pretty pleased with this result. It was really helpful to have Kevin running with me. Looking for sub-1:40 next time.
I think the course was long. My GPS read at 13.28. Others I talked to varied from 13.2 to 13.4.