America's Finest City Half Marathon ~ San Diego, Calif.
post-race photo with my running pals
America's Finest City Half Marathon (AFC) was this past weekend. Not my favorite half marathon event, but one that I ran two years ago and one that I've wanted to run again, only because I knew I could run it better. Two years ago I started much too fast and totally ran out of gas at the bottom of the hill. At that point, I was about halfway through the race so the second half was incredibly long and slow. I didn't make it under 2 hours that year. I knew I could run it better (smarter on those hills!) so I ran it again this year. A little better on the hills and flat portion of the course, but the hill at the end still kicked my butt. It's a long, slow climb for 1.5 miles at the very end of this race. For a half marathon, this event requires a lot of effort with its shuttle to the start, early race start, and event location. I do not plan to run this one again because of that (too much work for a half!). It would have been great to finish in under 1:50 at this race but the course is a tough one. I'm happy with my 1:53 finish! Race Results
Overall: 1508 out of 6753
Women: 456 out of 3543
F 35-39: 84 out of 603
Finish: 1:53:46
Pace: 8:41
Why can't these race photos ever be good??
