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I'm a mid-to-the back of the pack runner who probably enjoys promoting runners more than I do running myself ... I've completed 21 marathons (with a 4:47:32 PR! in Austin) and 52 half marathons (with a 2:09:58 PR! in Oregon) since November 2003 ... I've done a marathon in 12 states, half marathon in 23 and an event in 30 states and one Canadian province ... I have a 13-year-old daughter, Waverly Nicole, who completed her first half marathon in January 2006, made only two B's each of the last two years, was the only sixth grader to sing a solo (Carrie Underwood's Don't Forget To Remember Me) in their choir program (adding Taylor Swift's Tim McGraw in '08) and scored a 19 on the ACT in December 2007 as a seventh grader ... Waverly and I are members of the following clubs -- the Seven Hills Running Club, HARRA and The Woodlands Running Club ... I'm Marathon Maniac #308 ... I edit HARRA's Footprints in Inside Texas Running and write a column for Runner Triathlete News called, "Talking the Talk" ... I'm also the running columnist for the Courier of Montgomery County ... I'm a three-time winner of TAPPS' Sportswriter of the Year Award as well as TABC's Golden Hoops Award.

Saturday, April 05, 2008

Partial Eisenhower Half Marathon Race Report

Great conditions to run in despite what former Houstonian and three-time winner Gannon White, who won the Marathon today in 2:39 and change, called as a "fast course if not for the wind and the rolling hills".

Yes, we had a headwind blowing out of the south in our face (or a good crosswind) all the way to the turnaround point.

The official time will be 2:20:41, but my watch time is 2:20:12.12. I'll take it for state No. 21 in half marathons. I was hoping for around 2:17; however, I know now - for sure - that I have to work on my core as it wasn't so much that I was winded. My lower back didn't have pain, but enough uncomfortable pressure that would make a marathon a real challenge right now. (And I didn't have any Tylenol or Advil in me to dull the pain.)

Difference - 29.16
Mile 1 -- 10:09.21
Mile 2 -- 10:23.56
Mile 3 -- 10:30.48 (incline)
Mile 4 -- 10:28.31 (blew off water station staying with a 'syt')
Mile 5 -- 11:09.42 (got two of them)
Mile 6 -- 10:36.79
6-6.55 -- 6:01.59 (1:09:48 gross)
6.55-7.1 -- 5:38.72
7.1-8 -- 8:36.96
To 8-Half -- 1:13.35 (21:30.62 for two miles)
Mile 9 -- 10:50.91 (water station)
Mile 10 -- 10:41.78
Mile 11 -- 11:28.32 (maybe a little gassed, but a water stop and a slight incline)
Mile 12 -- 11:02.21
Mile 13 -- 10:13.91 (got passed by two women, who I passed at the mile 8 water stop)
Last .1 -- 1:06.60

"Chip" time -- 2:20:12.12 (1:09:19 going out; 1:10:53 coming back)

I kept it steady. Now I have to work on getting stronger. Tomorrow could be a challenging day. I'm a little banged up. We'll see.

posted by WalkSports.com | 12:16 PM

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