The course around White Rock Lake was beautiful. There were some challenging hills, but I had prepared well for hills in my training, so I rocked them! The water stations were perfectly placed, at every 2 miles or so. I carried Cytomax in my water bottle and grabbed water at the stations. It was nice to not be sticky from spilling the electrolytes, and I didn't have any horrible stomach issues like after SFO.
There weren't may cheering stations, but I was able to get in a few high-5's. We were not able to manage negative splits this race-and if you've never run a race this way, you should. We finished the first half in 1:13, on perfect pace to finish under my PR of 2:26, but we ran the second half slower than the first.
The worst part of the entire race was a bridge at about mile 8. I don't know if there was an earthquake at the moment we were running across, or if it was about to collapse, but the damn bridge was moving. A lot. Felt like I was running across the bridge in that old video of the suspension bridge in Washington State that moves in waves during an earthquake. It was super difficult to run across, as at each step, you had no idea where the bridge would be under your foot. My hip started screaming at this point, as you can imagine, but I powered through to half marathon victory!!!
Miles Logged: 13.1!!
Pre race--in our Twinkie shirts!
The starting line!
Post race shenanigans!
A little post race carbo loading
Great medal!
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