Red Nose Half-Marathon Race Report

What a great race this morning.

This is an annual race put on by the local running club and is free.  It started about 6 years ago with just a few people wanting to run a marathon to start the year off.  It has graduated since to almost 400 runners this year with just a half marathon option and it is still free to the runners.

My goal this morning was simple.  Start slow (8 min mile) and gradually get fast by 5 seconds each mile there after finishing mile 13 at a 7 minute mile finishing with a time of 1:38:15.  Here is a comparison of my goal pace versus my actual pace.

Mile    Goal   Actual
Mile 1: 8:00 - 7:51
Mile 2: 7:55 - 7:51
Mile 3: 7:50 - 7:46
Mile 4: 7:45 - 7:41
Mile 5: 7:40 - 7:35
Mile 6: 7:35 - 7:30
Mile 7: 7:30 - 7:24
Mile 8: 7:25 - 7:23
Mile 9: 7:20 - 7:13
Mile 10: 7:15 - 7:13
Mile 11: 7:10 - 7:06
Mile 12: 7:05 - 7:03
Mile 13: 7:00 - 7:14
Mile 13.1: 6:55 - 6:32
total: 1:38:15 - 1:37:36

I am was happy with my pace. I was on pace for mile 13 until I made the turn up the (little) hill toward the end and then my pace began to taper until I reached the top.  I really wasn't prepare to run this much faster.  I probably could have run another minute or so faster if I would have run even splits start to finish, but it wasn't the plan.  I also trained through this week with no taper.

Outfit:
Short: Brooks
Shirt: CeraSport Shirt they sent me.
Shoes: Brooks Pure Connect (love them)
and compression sleeve on right calf
hat: Brooks visor.

Weather:
Min./Max.: 47.9 °F/51.1 °F
Humidity: 88.6%
Dew point: 45.6 °F
Wind Speed: 0.1 mph
Precipitation: 0.0mm

Nutrition:
Pre-Race:  1 packet CeraSport EX1 mixed with Base Amino / English muffin and peanut butter / 1 packet PowerBar Blasts
Race:  Carried water bottle with CeraSport EX1 mixed with Base Amino / 1 PowerBar Gel at mile 8
Post-Race: 1 packet CeraSport EX1 mixed with Base Amino / Gatorade Nutrition Shake / 1/4 Blueberry Bagel
Happy Training Everyone