They still don't have the results posted, but keep checking - they were supposed to be posted by now. They said something yesterday about having some trouble. They used chips that we wore around our ankle, and they were supposed to register our start and end time. I know I did the full half marathon in under 15 minutes per mile. The time when I crossed the finish line said 3 hours and 12 minutes, and it may have been less if they were timing that starting at 9:00, because I held back and let runners go first, so my start time was a couple minutes after 9:00. I was going to be pleased if I made 16 minutes per mile, and I did way better than that! My hidden competitive spirit emerged!
Anyway, it was great! Perfect cool cloudy weather and my feet didn't even get too sore. I had extra shoes with me in case I needed to change, but I didn't use them. I wore my new Chaco Multisport shoes and they worked great! The only injuries I have is a bruised big toenail on my left foot and plantar fasciitis flaring up on the right foot. Not bad though. Lots of acupuncture and chiropractic and exercising and ice helped keep it from acting up too bad. At least I can still walk, and muscles aren't sore anywhere. I felt really good afterwards and was able to eat a bunch of chocolate!
Someone has to do this with me next year! A bunch of people in my weight training class either signed up and then pooped out between November and now, or didn't sign up in time, so I was all by myself.
Next weekend it's the Lop the Loop in Petersburg. I think that's only 5 miles. It will probably be raining though. But it's the old loop we used to do when we lived there out between the beach and the garbage dump.
P.S. Results are posted. My official time was 3 hours 11 minutes 41 seconds. 14:40 per mile. I was number 435 out of 508.
