I was shocked how hot it was going to be for May but I at least went to sleep Saturday night expecting it to be hot. I pulled out everything I needed and had it all ready to go. I conveniently made a checklist in google keep the last time I ran a half so I had that to look at. I had to add sunscreen to the list since on the rainy day in March I didn't need sunscreen.
Most nights before races I wake up a dozen times nervous that I won't wake up with my alarm. I also set numerous alarms. Right before bed I thought I should check and set another alarm. I forgot to double check but I had one set.
Well at 5:58 Liam woke me up asking if it was morning. I said no and to go back to sleep. I totally forgot I had a race. I went back to sleep. 6:04 is when my alarm was set for but I don't ever remember it going off. Around 6:10 Miles woke me up saying his shoulder or arm hurt. That's when I remembered I had a race. I bolted out of bedd and think he just said OK go to your race and he went back to sleep. I never did learn what was going on that made his shoulder hurt. Dave was awake but couldn't remember what time I had to wake up so he didn't wake me up. I hurried and got out the door. There was plenty of parking so that was fine.
6:55 Sunscreen
6:59 Energize
I pinned my number, put on sunscreen, drank energize, and got in the bathroom line. I thought I had plenty of time so I waited in the real line versus using a portapotty. Well I got done there with 2 minutes or so before the start of the race.
7:26 start line
It was already really hot to me at the start of the race at 7:30 am. It was a crazy warm day. I think there were records going to be set but I never confirmed if they were.
The race had 2 waves at the start but I'm not even sure when it was split. I was near 1:50 and 2:00 pacers and they were insanely close together waiting at the start. The start was wide and you had an entire lane at the beginning so I wasn't boxed in at all. It was really nice not being boxed in. I made marco polos to Beth and Ali during my race and saved them for some of howI was feeling. The last few miles I was just so hot that I didn't update.
After I finished I gave many race updates though. I can't believe my heart rate got up to 200.
My marco polo videos before, during, and after the race were over 15 minutes so I cut them down for this summary post.
Arrived even after waking up late
Energize
It's too hot already
At the start
.4 in
16 min in - mile 1 no uphill 9:03. 6:30 into this and 10:54 pace
10:20 2nd mile split - so hot
3 mi on watch a minute before the 3 mile marker 30 min (29:00)
yay not boxed in
steep hill, minute 8 of eating my nutrition
Trail!
11:33 on that split!
Mile 8 - 10:10
So hot Miles 9 10:23
no more updates during the race. The rest is post race commentary
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