Wow. The running conditions were tremendous for today's race (low 60's and rain) as the gun went off to start the 5th annual Boston Half Marathon. The race was an exciting experience and I had the opportunity to talk with some good spirited fellow runners along the way. It was a 6.5 out and back loop starting at Fenway Park, heading out to the Franklin Zoo, before coming all the way back to Fenway. The course featured a few gradual rolling hills with the same hills going
downhill on the way back. I took a GU gel at mile 8 from the race volunteers and tried to jog slowly through the water stops to get down at much fluid as possible. In the last 2 miles (12 & 13) my quads were really starting to hurt, but other than that I felt great as I crossed the finish line. A tremendous thank you to Sara for putting up with my nervous energy, the rain, and then my blabbing after it all finished. You truly are a keeper. Mile splits are as follows: (8:12, 7:36, 8:07, 7:35, 7:48, 7:55, 8:05, 7:52, 8:04, 7:57, 8:06, 8:06, 8:02, :43) for a total of 1:44.15 for 13.2 miles---Making my pace 7:58/mile. After seeing the complete results online, I also finished 563rd out of 3,073 runners.http://tinyurl.com/a9h7e
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