2009 3M Half Marathon

Today was the annual 3M Half Marathon. As usual, it was an awesome day for racing. It was in the high 30s at the start and cloudy. We hit some light southerly winds at near the end, but nothing to make a difference. We did a two mile warm up and then changed in our running gear. I decided on one long sleeve layer on top with compression shorts and running shorts on the bottom, gloves, and a running hat. Our goal for the day was to start off slow and then run an overall 7:50 pace. Brian and I have the marathon in 3 weeks so going to hard here could totally mess that up. The first half of the race was right on target with some faster miles during the 300 foot drop between miles three through 6.

Splits - 8:35, 8:11, 7:52, 7:46, 7:42, 7:46

Once we got past the transition point for the relay we hit another downhill section on Burnet to North Loop where we encountered our first hills. It wasn't bad at all although I know I was working a bit harder during miles 7-9. We picked it up for the last 4 miles and cruised down Duval, through the campus and into the finish line. We caught Anne right before the finish and she joined us for our four-person, (Anne, Brian, Rachel, me), finish line photo.

Splits - 7:56, 7:59, 7:53, 7:49, 7:40, 7:26, 7:25

Carla ran the first leg of the relay and found us at the bag pick up right after we finished. She had an awesome day too and I am really proud of her. It was a very good day. I did exactly what I wanted to do and am on track for a solid marathon in 3 weeks.

Race Stats - 1:43:02/7:52 pace
Overall - 719/4140