So today was my first race since high school and first ever half-marathon.
The race started out great and it was so exciting! Unfortunately that was the high point and the rest of the race was dismal. I started off quite fast, maybe too fast, running with the pack and eventually hooked up with a group running around 7:30-8:00 miles. I had a steady pace with a 6.5 mile split around 47-48 minutes. Then it quickly went downhill from there. I began to get a bit crampy around seven miles and my pace quickly dropped to a horrific 10-12 mile pace. Battling the rest of the way I came in at 2
00. :complain
I felt great the entire race, but my muscular endurance was greatly lacking and I'm still rather pissed about the whole ordeal. It also didn't help that I was so amped to be in my first race that I had trouble keeping my heart rate down.
In the end that was the most painful experience I have ever been apart of to date yet I want to do it all over again, but be faster! :fire
Final note: I got a glimpse of the first place guy around six miles as the path looped back a bit. All I can think of to say is holy fucking shit! That guy was hauling ass and he had the biggest thighs for a runner I think I've ever seen.
