- half marathon
-- warm up
-- race in 1:34:10 (gun), 1:34:06 (chip), 1:34:00 (watch)
-- cool down
it became obvious about halfway through that i wasn't going to PR, so i ran hard (but a bit above 1:30 pace) until the 10 mile mark and then basically shut it down to a fast jog. even if i'd had an even split for the final third, still would have been like a 1:31:xx. it's pretty humid today (dew point 63), but mostly my legs were just not rested. delusionally, i thought i was maybe in so much better shape than the spring that it wouldn't matter. lol. shouldn't be disappointed, i set out for this to basically be an extra hard workout and so it was, but it didn't feel great to not feel great. live and learn.
couple later reflections: the course was net downhill but not at all flat. lots of little steep climbs and especially steep descents, which toward the end of the race were no fun at all. probably good training, though. calves are having a little bit of the post-hard-effort twitchies but nothing too intense. i took a naratriptan as soon as i got back to my car, and while i have a mild headache this afternoon i seem to have avoided my typical full-blown migraine.
