Fleet Week 1/2 Marathon - RunHalf Marathon

This race was a lot of fun. I didn't train for it at all, and did a couple hard strength sessions and other workouts this week - so I wasn't expecting my best. I mainly just did this because it was my dad's first half-mary. He eneded up doing GREAT which made the day that much more fun. When the gun went off, he sprinted off ahead of me and because I knew I needed to pace myself, I held back. It was tough going at it alone, but that what doesn't kill me, makes me stronger! :) I remember mile 8 to 12 just being TOUGH. Those are always the "burn" miles to me. Probably slowed up in the last 4 or 5 miles due to lack of nutrition. Even though the weather was PERFECT - never hot, never too cool, because my intensity increased, I just had a hard time getting any calories in. I think I drank about 15 oz GE and had a couple sips of water through it all.

I'm pretty happy with my time. I've come a long way this summer since my ankle injury. I finished about 30 seconds after my dad. His time was really impressive, and I'm so happy I could do this with him!

Take in more than 80 calories...?

Hung out with my dad at the party, changed into warmer clothes and drank some water. Good fun.


Great race - Although there wasn't a whole lot of crowd support (due to the location on the naval base), the volunteers were AWESOME! Nutrition stops were well dispersed and they even had extra people in golf-type cars riding up and down the course giving out extra gu and bananas and water. The enthusiam of the volunteers made it so much more enjoyable. I would definitely recommend this race!