Race report: My first half--MG Half Marathon

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Race report: My first half--MG Half Marathon May 12, 2013 8:05:18 GMT -5 gncorman and shorty20 like this

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Post by sunshinejoy on May 12, 2013 8:05:18 GMT -5

I'm a lurker but I wanted to share a brief race report. I did my first 1/2 yesterday. I'm in Minnesota and it took place in a suburb of Minneapolis.

Weather was not great...about 40 degrees and winds 20-35 mph but at least it was sunny and no rain. It was a well organized race...about 50% on paved trails and 50% in neighborhoods/sidewalks. The course is hilly, which luckily I knew beforehand, so I trained on some hills. Some crowd support but not much since so much of the course is on trails through the woods.

I ended up not fueling and just drinking water at all the stops, which probably led to a hard final mile, but all in all I felt pretty good. Chip time was 2:09:56 so I ended up meeting all three of my goals. I would do this one again and am already looking for another fall half to see what I could do on a less hilly course :-)

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kams Senior Member Posts: 8,378 Likes: 8,028	Race report: My first half--MG Half Marathon May 12, 2013 9:01:02 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by kams on May 12, 2013 9:01:02 GMT -5 Congratulations to you!!
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Race report: My first half--MG Half Marathon

Post by sunshinejoy on May 12, 2013 8:05:18 GMT -5

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