Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon

It took me a a few minutes to cross the starting line, but I used my watch as my real time from the moment a crossed the starting line until the finish line. I hit the first mile at 10 minutes and after that slowed a bit. I stuck to my plan of 8 minutes running/1 minute walking. Drank on walk breaks and had a bites of PowerBar. Made a pit-stop at the porta-potty in mile 5 and I hit the 6 mile mark at 1:05, which I was pretty happy with. The entire race I felt great until the last 2 miles. Suddenly at mile 11 my legs cramped really bad. The last time my legs felt that bad was during the Silicon Valley Marathon a few years back. I felt like I was hydrating enough wihout geting a sloshing feeling in my belly, but maybe not. At mile 11 I started to walk every 2 minutes or so. Debated stopping to stretch, but felt like if I did, I may not sart running again. I was happy to cross the finsih line before the 2:30 mark, so overall good race.

My only complaint about this race would be the amount of people running with iPods! There were so many times that I was almost run into or tripped while passing people because they could not hear me yelling, "on your left!"

Try to figure out why I cramped, maybe more hydration.

Walked around the post-race Expo and picked up my shirt.


Leg cramps on mile 11 to the end


Glad I ran with my water, I think there could have been a few more aid spots.