11/16 San Antonio Half-Marathon - 1:19:45

1:19:45
6:06 avg pace
Splits
mile 1 - 6:10
mile 2 & 3 - 17:47 (11:37)
mile 4 - 23:51 (6:04)
mile 5 - 30:17 (6:26)
mile 6 - 36:05 (5:48)
mile 7 - 42:13 (6:08)
mile 8 - 48:09 (5:56)
mile 9 - 54:16 (6:06)
mile 10 - 1:00:29 (6:13)
mile 11 - 1:06:39 (6:10)
mile 12 - 1:12:55 (6:15)
Finish - 1:19:45 (6:50)

I was shooting for a better time, but was not able to bring my pace down like I thought I would. I opened up and started out slower than planned. It's likely that I hurt myself during miles 2 and 3. In mile 5, we ran uphill for about 3 blocks... definitely the slowest mile, and coming back down from that, hitting a 5:48 mile didn't feel all that bad. From the half-way point on, my run was very back and forth. I would pick up the pace, then start to feel like crap and my pace would slow... I'd get mad at myself for slowing and pick it up again, and back down till I got mad again and took off.

I feel 2 big things about this race... (1) I'm in better shape, but just have gone so long without racing, I can think of plenty of places along the course where I lost time. (2) I battled through to get the time I did. I feel good about the effort, and feel good with the time. When I knew I wouldn't get my goal time, I simply wanted to get below 1:20, which I thankfully did.

Time to start getting myself ready for Houston.