Dexter-Ann Arbor: 13.1 Miles

I have successfully completed my first half-marathon race. Let me tell you, 13.1 miles is quite different than racing a 10k. I went into this race with a goal of 90 minutes (6:52 pace); I finished with a time of 1:23:08 (6:21 pace). Planning to run the first 10k at an easy pace of 6:52 and picking it up from there is apparently more difficult for me to do than run ~6:10 pace consistently, which is what happened for miles 1-9. This impressive time earned me 48th overall (of 2500) and 2nd in the 18-19 age group. I'm two for two in "Dexter-Ann Arbor Award Winner" mugs, placing 1st in my age group of last year's 10k (4th overall, 37:47).

I look forward to running more half, possibly even full, marathons. About 150 miles prepared me for this race. This is a fair amount for one month, but I definitely could have prepared more. Longer runs and being more comfortable with a slightly faster pace would definitely of helped. Still, it's better than Jack Dean's 2 week preparation. By the way, this was his first race ever.

Results:
http://tinyurl.com/og5p6x

Time: Pace: Overall: Sex Place: Age Place:
1:23:08 6:21 48 / 2500 40th 2nd

Splits:
Mile: Time:
1 6:11
2 6:06
3 6:13
4 6:11
5 6:08
6 6:08
7 6:09
8 6:16
9 6:17
10 6:31
11 6:42
12 6:41
13.1 7:35