This half was by far the hardest half i have ever done with about 75% of it being uphill lots and lots of up and not a lot of water stops. But the weather was beautiful and the wind was not a huge factor only noticed it in a couple of places with a slight breeze most of the race. But sunny and warm almost to warm. I didn't register for this race because I am at my max for race registrations this year but wanted to go run a good long run with McKenzie and Aubrey. Met them early and ran 5.3 to warm up at an 8:30 avg, got Ericka along the way. I really didn't know what to expect but I am really trying to work on racing without the garmin, while I had it on I only had my overall time on and I made myself not look at the splits. Just ran off feel and I felt really good. Ran most of the race with Mac and thought we pushed each other well. I am really excited about this race because it was so hard and I felt like I raced well. splits- 1-7:09 2-7:19 3-6:52 4-7:40 5-7:20 6-7:13 7-7:30 8-6:52 9-7:28 hard hill on dirt at this point mac pulls ahead and I think I am done 10-7:30 11-6:42 12-6:57 really push this last up hill and take off feel tired but good 13-6:27 .1-39 (6:16 pace) Cooled down with Ericka almost 2 miles and a little with Julie and Melanie Saturday HiiT with my son and Jenn
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