Sunday, April 25, 2010

Flower City Half Marathon, April 25th

Sun: 13.1 miles, 1:46:43, 8:09 pace, Flower City Half Marathon, 51F, cloudy, light sprinkles at the start, overcast, stops at the water stops and a couple hills, some right quad pain after mile 10.

I ran pretty well. My Garmin would not turn on before the race so I ran 'naked' without pace info. Sometimes I think I run faster when I don't wear my Garmin. The first 5 miles were uneventful. I bonked a bit out at 6 miles going up the hill into Highland Park. I picked up a gel but couldn't take it until mile 8 going into the Mt. Hope Cemetery. The miles in the cemetery included about 100 yards of cobblestone, then some up and down, twists and turns by many mausoleums. By mile 10, we were just about out of the cemetery. I had some right quad pain and just gutted out the 5K to the finish. The people yelling at the end were tonic to my legs as I sprinted across the finish line!

Flower City Half Marathon course

All in all, I ran very well, a PR by 4 minutes! My previous PR was the Cat's Half out in the rolling hills of Mendon way back in April 2007. I finished 278th out of 1290, overall results here. I finished 21th out of 75 in my age group, age group results here.

CJ took my chip off the finish and took some pics of me. She worked very hard at the finish taking chips off runners from both the 5K and half marathon.

Crossing the finish line

The bling!

The cool walk to the car!


Keeping active, Doug