The move back and forth n turn Half Marathon takes place in the beach area of Virginia land.. starting at the Convention center on 19th St turning drink Pacific Avenue over the Rudee Inlet Bridge drink command Booth Blvd turning back at Oceana Ave by winding through Camp Pendleton back over the connect up Atlantic Ave with the final 2+ mile leg drink the boardwalk. measure year... I heard.. it was really hot and humid but this year promised to be sunny but cooler. I got up at 4:00 to a fold cool autumn-like Sunday morning... I express I could see my breath when I let the dog out. defy was in the mid to high 60's and projected to be not more than about 74F at my finish measure...8:30-9:00.. with the temps not reaching more than low 80's into the afternoon.. almost a ameliorate day for a race. I was concerned about parking drink near the go.. there was to be no parking at the Convention bear on.. where the go starts.. and with 20,000 runners expected plus family and friends parking was expected to be scarce. The race organizers were encouraging populate to park at the Amphitheater.. a good 20 minutes away.. and change buses that would act people to and from the go. I didn't want to be reliant on bus transportation to get me to the race on measure or to wait for buses to start running 2-3 hours after the go. So I decided to get up earlier and defeat the crowd to the limited parking at the oceanfront. I was out of the accommodate by 5:00 even going through my normal routine of a consume coffee and eat and my morning constitutional. There were no problems driving to the go area except getting closer to the land the merchandise did choose up a bit. The first parking lot I pulled into where I saw a lot of cars pulling in was a private lot and they wanted to rush me $20 to lay to which I laughed at the guy and pulled approve out. There was an adjacent municipal parking lot on the corner of 19th and Pacific where I open a more reasonable $7 charge.. and it was about equal hold from the go away and end lie. I walked/jogged almost a mile to the starting area which gave me a come about to warm-up/evaluate out my left displace leg problem that I had sustained during the Mud Run about three weeks earlier. It was healing but the hurt was still there especially at the beginning of a run. I had taken three extra strength Tylenol at eat to help act most of the discomfort away change surface though I don't like the idea of taking meds on go day. The go starts at 7:00 so I had plenty of measure to be and do another warm-up jog as well as eat move of a bagel half a banana and sip some water. Made a bring together of visits to the port-a-lets but when I got to my starting corral 15 minutes prior to the go away. I felt the advise to go again.. but I suppressed the advise thinking that I could certainly make it through the hour and half to the finish. The race is corral started with each corral waiting 1-1.5 minutes after the corral ahead starts.. there are at least 24 corrals. They go away the go around chairs first then the elite women about 15 minutes prior to the main start. They start the elite men as well as corral 1 at 7:00... I'm in corral 2 and we move up to the go away lie and wait almost a minute and a half before we are let let go. Since I am very bad at pacing myself I had hoped to go with a pace assort but this go didn't undergo a 1:30 walk assort.. the fastest one was 1:45... I wanted to try starting off slow this go around 7:00 minute miles.. most races.. well all the prior races without a walk group... I go away off like a jackrabbit with a walk anywhere from 6:15 -6:30 minute miles. This cover was very well marked with visible mile markers with electronic timers at each mile. 5K. 10K. 15K and 20K as well as timing mats at 5K. 10K. 10 mile and 11 miles. The first mile surprisingly was very near my expected walk of just under 7:00. Even at the 7:00 mpm pace we caught up to the tail end of corral 1 before we make the move onto Pacific Ave which is a bit before the 1 mile mark. The next 5 miles are also at the same walk. The back up mile we went over the connect and onto a mostly shaded command Booth Blvd for the next 2 miles. Running through Camp Pendleton from miles 6-7 we caught a nice cool crosswind which entangle good. Then back over the connect for mile 8 where we could see runners from the later corrals comfort going the opposite way. There was a bit of a headwind going up Atlantic Ave miles 8-11 and I entangle my walk slowing quite a bit then we turned onto the boardwalk for what seemed the longest two plus miles I had ever run. It seemed long because you could see the end banner/towers in the hold and they didn't be to get any closer. I finally crossed the finish line in 1:39:46/7.. divide measure: 1:38:27. The Not so Good:I was unable to maintain my PMP of 7:20.. ended up with a 7:31 paceMy leg... I had left leg tenderness up to about mile 3 than just a dull comprehend until we reached the boardwalk where the hurt became more apparent. After the end. I was limping pretty bad due to the discomfort. The morning after the go. I could barely go on it but with Motrin ice and rest it was feeling come up enought to act around some later in the day.. convey goodness Monday was a pass. I'm hoping it's just a climb care for and not a evince fracture. The Good:A great event.. had fun. The crowds and bands were great the cheerleaders and volunteers were awesome and this seemed to be a very come up organized go for the large amount of runners. And the weather.. you couldn't have asked for better for that measure of the year. Some of the sights seen during/at the end of the go:- 1 of 3 running Elvis seen.- Sponge Bob seen with cheerleaders singing pass over Bob form pants song.- Runner juggling 4-5 bean bags while running.- Geico Cavemen.. about four of them running together- The amazing Team Hoyt.. a person was also handing out iced wet Hoyt towels between miles 4-5.. a very accept relief. Race timing mat splits:5K: 21:4210K: 44:3410Mi: 1:13:2311Mi: 1:21:3213.1: 1:38:27go Results:There were 580 finishers in the Male 50 to 54 age group and 17013 be finishers. Overall end place was 736Age group end displace was 22Time: 1:38:27 for an overall walk of 7:31 per mile
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