The Half, at Whiterock Lake, Dallas, Texas, November 5, 2006.

 

The Half, 61 degrees, cloudy, humid.

Bib, 901. Sunday Nov. 5, race start at 8:00 AM, Dallas, Texas, 1/2 Marathon around Whiterock Lake, shares some of the same course as the Whiterock Marathon. Starting temp, mid 40's.
Basically it was a beautiful day to run.
I hit the sack and went to sleep about 10:30 PM, up at 4:00 AM, on the highway for a 100 mile drive to Dallas.
Arrived about 6:40 AM.

My schedule called for a 16 mile run so I decided to run about 25 minutes before the race.

Afterwards I met Cindy (my niece). I convinced her to let me run the first few miles with her then maybe I would go on ahead. At mile 3 we were on a solid 11 minute pace; she needed the porta potty so I forged ahead. I think I was making her nervous.

Today would be a training run, so a nice easy pace would be the order of the day. It is important to keep my sights on the Rte. 66 Marathon in Tulsa on November 19th which is my target race. 

I achieved 7:47 over the 9 miles that I made pace, I felt strong at the end, no one passed me after mile 3, except one guy at the finish.
Next race is the Whiterock Half Marathon  

Here are my splits.

Mile 1 - 11:05 Flat
Mile 2 - 11:01 Flat
Mile 3 - 10:59 Hills
Mile 4 - 9:01Hills
Mile 5 - 7:41 Hills
Mile 6 - 7:43 Hills
Mile 7 - 7:41 Hills
Mile 8 - 7:49 Hills
Mile 9 - 7:59 Lake path, windy
Mile 10 - 7:50 Lake path, windy
Mile 11 - 7:55 Lake path, windy
Mile 12 - 8:05 Lake path, windy
Mile 13 - 7:34 Lake path, windy
Mile 13.1 - 50 seconds....finally the end is in sight.
Final Chip time 1:53:19

 

828 out of 3070 overall