On Saturday I competed in the Drake Relays on the Roads Half Marathon. Beforehand the weather predicted rain and be pretty nasty. I was okay with rain, just not lots of wind. Somehow we got lucky enough have sunshine and 60 degree temps come the start of the race!
I was supposed to start the race off slower than I thought for the first 3 miles, then run at pace until the last 3, when I could just go for it. I started out and felt pretty good the frist 3 miles, and when I looked at my splits, they were pretty quick. I thought the pace I was going at that time would be a good pace to keep for the whole race. But was I going out too fast? Could I hold this pace? I just kept telling myself just hold this pace to mile ten and then see what happens. So it become a matter of staying on pace for 7 more miles, then 6 more miles, 5, and so on. I got to mile ten and spent the rest of the way trying to catch a female that was 200 or so yards in front of me. No matter how hard I tried I could not seem to go any faster, though I did keep the same pace, but so did the girl in front of me. In the end I finished only 30 seconds off my best time from a much flatter course so I can't complain! Even paced and a pretty decent time. All in the sunshine and around great people, so a great day!
Now time to prepare for triathlons, woohoo!
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