Wednesday, August 24, 2011

America's Finest City Half Marathon

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??

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