2009 Southern California Half Marathon

1 - 8:31
2 - 8:19
3 - 8:15
4 - 8:06
5 - 8:51 attempting to back off on the pace
6 - 8:32
7 - 9:01
8 - 9:01
9 - 8:36
10 - 9:31 right hip feeling tight
11 - 9:47 right leg would not fire
12 - 10:12 right leg is now along for the free ride
13.1 - 10:02

last ran in 2005 - 2:05:45
predicted - 1:50 - 1:55
finish - 1:56:49 (watch)
official - 1:56:59

It was a bit chilly before the race, but it quickly heated up. It was really great to have finally met a bunch of the RW forumites! While I did not get the time that I wanted, I'm just glad to be healthy enough to be running week after week, month after month. The wind was brutal and the hairpin turns were not fun. Now I need to figure out how I'm going to survive Carlsbad and Surf City marathons.

I want to start blogging again. Most of my race notes that I keep are in my excel file.