Slow Start and rough with the parking lot and road there at Loveland, narrow in spots. The sun was hot on us waiting for the start, they had a 15 mintue delay to get everyone there with the buses. We got in line for the race about 50 rows back. Blue Skies and temps around 60, so we dropped everything in our bag drop and run in singlets.
Other than that, well organized with a bag drop. Took 10 minutes to walk to the bathroom from the start area. The race organizer got on our bus before it left and said the porta-pottis were delivered to the wrong location and it was a "50 yard" walk from the start, closer to 500 yards. Then saw Survil and his friend as we waited for the buses. We saw Belvin and his wife, one of Zach's coaches in the bus line. For future reference, should have left earlier because it took a while to park at Georgetown and the bus lines were long about a 15 Minute wait. We left the house about 5:45 - Race started at 8 with a bus ride to the start from Georgetown. I'm disappointed I missed my chance for sub 1:30 half, and probably no chance of it again this year, but happy to have another race with Zach and the fun day running and hanging out together.Īs I said above, I woke up sick, forced myself out and got Zach up for the race.
I was fatigued.īut it was a fun experience with Zach, great weather and he loved the course and the post race activities. He kicked it at 12.5 and I couldn't keep up so he beat me by about 30 seconds. We were thinking 8 min miles but ended up closer to 7:20, he's in good shape and did not fade like I thought he might. So I decided to run with Zach at his pace and see how long I could go. If not for Zach I would have just bagged the race and gone back to bed. Woke up Saturday for the race and I was sick. What I thought were allergies on Friday turned out to be a cold, it got worse as the day went on with a sore throat and a lot of congestion. Nowhere near my sub 1:30 goal for Slacker this year. Ran the Slacker Half Marathon today 1:36:19.
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