Race: 13.1 mile run
Date: May 3, 2015
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Time: 1:53.13
Overall Rank: 2214 out of 14576
Age Group Rank: 163 out of 627
Results: http://results.xacte.com/?mid=79#
Miles 1-4 were easy but then I started to wonder if we were going at a sustainable pace. We were going at a 8:27 pace and that felt good but I knew there were many more miles to go. I was already starting to feel calorie-deprived or dehydrated (my breathing was good, my legs were fine, but I just didn't feel right). At mile 9, I got grouchy with Dan and told him I didn't care what our pace was...but then I asked what it was. At mile 11, I was lightheaded and groggy, so much so that I wondered what it would be like if I stumbled and fell to the ground. I decided I wouldn't do that, if possible. At mile 12, I knew I'd be ok, because we were almost done and the course was heading downhill. In fact, the last half mile was exhilarating as we picked up our pace and I seemed to float around on feet that no longer felt attached to my body. I set a personal best, lowering my time by 105 seconds under last year. It's not a big difference, but since my training was about the same as last year, it is reasonable to expect a pretty similar finish time.
