This race went amazingly well. This was the race I had hoped to have for the KDF mini marathon.
Div Age Sex ChipTime ClockTime Overall SexPl DivPl
Men 35-39 39 M 1:57:07 2:03:21 3203 2181 365
Total Finishers 14,847
My basic plan for this race was to pace myself better than I did in the KDF mini, and not go out to fast so that I had didn't have anything left at the end. I believe I executed that plan well for this race. We arrived at the starting line a little over an hour before the race. The wait actually went rather quickly. The race started a little late while they were ensuring that Lake Shore Dr. was fully closed.
Here are my split times:
1 - 9:42
2 - 9:14
3 - 8:48
4 - 8:29
5 - 8:30
6 - 8:48
7 - 8:53
8 - 8:42
9 - 8:38
10 - 9:09
11 - 8:46
12 - 8:50
13 - 9:04
This was a mostly flat course, and I really had a good time. I would go into more detail for each mile, but really this was just a steady race for me. One mile was not much different from the last. I stopped at 3 water stops along the way about 4 miles (gatorade), 7 miles (water), and 10 miles (gatorade), and I used one bag of sport beans at the halfway point. The water stops were the only walking I did during the entire 13.17 miles of this race. My previous best HM time was 2:09:23 so I am very happy with this result. |