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race report: Mill Race Half Marathon!
Sep. 28th, 2013 11:14 pmIf I were a gambling man, I would wager that you're really eager to find out how fast people run a half-marathon in Columbus, Indiana.
Here's a data point: this morning I ran a half-marathon in Columbus, Indiana in 1:39:47. I'll take it!
As for my race, it was pretty OK, but it could have been more graceful. I took it out aggressively (for me), keeping it just about 7-minute miles -- with a few sub-7s! -- for the first eight miles or so. I was feeling a PR coming on. I was kind of dumb in that I didn't bring any Gu with me, though, and through a combination of definitely not enough calories and probably not enough training, I couldn't quite keep it together. Miles 9-12 weren't all that pretty, but I did manage to keep it under 1:40 total. So there's that!
This was the inaugural edition of the Mill Race Marathon/Half/5K over in Columbus, and a bunch of us from BARA piled into Mike's giant Suburban, super-early in the morning and drove over there! (not advisor Mike, but runner Mike -- different people).
It was a beautiful day for a race, cool and misty at first. The sun was coming out just as we were all finishing the half. The race was pretty well organized, and bigger than you might expect for a brand-new race in Columbus IN. Two salient complaints though: there were neither corrals nor pace signs at the beginning, so the start wasn't very smooth -- people of all different paces were jumbled up at the start, from speed demons to walkers. You had to weave around people for the first mile or so. Secondly, there weren't very many snacks at the finish line! Just some bananas. One expects some bagels and protein drinks and etc, especially after a full marathon...
Overall, it was nice to get to spend some time with friends from runclub; we had lunch in Nashville IN, afterwards!
Here's what we looked like, before and after the race:
Here's a data point: this morning I ran a half-marathon in Columbus, Indiana in 1:39:47. I'll take it!
As for my race, it was pretty OK, but it could have been more graceful. I took it out aggressively (for me), keeping it just about 7-minute miles -- with a few sub-7s! -- for the first eight miles or so. I was feeling a PR coming on. I was kind of dumb in that I didn't bring any Gu with me, though, and through a combination of definitely not enough calories and probably not enough training, I couldn't quite keep it together. Miles 9-12 weren't all that pretty, but I did manage to keep it under 1:40 total. So there's that!
This was the inaugural edition of the Mill Race Marathon/Half/5K over in Columbus, and a bunch of us from BARA piled into Mike's giant Suburban, super-early in the morning and drove over there! (not advisor Mike, but runner Mike -- different people).
It was a beautiful day for a race, cool and misty at first. The sun was coming out just as we were all finishing the half. The race was pretty well organized, and bigger than you might expect for a brand-new race in Columbus IN. Two salient complaints though: there were neither corrals nor pace signs at the beginning, so the start wasn't very smooth -- people of all different paces were jumbled up at the start, from speed demons to walkers. You had to weave around people for the first mile or so. Secondly, there weren't very many snacks at the finish line! Just some bananas. One expects some bagels and protein drinks and etc, especially after a full marathon...
Overall, it was nice to get to spend some time with friends from runclub; we had lunch in Nashville IN, afterwards!
Here's what we looked like, before and after the race:
