Hartford Half Marathon 2011
I had an unexpected day off from daddy duties this weekend, so I thought I’d head up to Connecticut to see my long lost friend Zach. Turns out he was running the Hartford Half Marathon with my great pal Dave. I had nothing better to do, so I figured I’d run it with them. The last time I’d run farther than a mile was last December (also with Zach and Dave) so I wasn’t exactly well prepared.
Anyway, things started off fine - we couldn’t have asked for better weather and I even ate a couple of bananas before we got going. I started getting some ankle, knee, and hip pain at around mile 4, which gimpified my stride. My friends ditched me at around mile 6 and my pace really started to drag. When the elderly, obese, and clubfoot contingency started passing me like I wasn’t moving I knew I was in trouble. I kept chugging along and eventually finished in 1:59:46, which is an average pace of 9:09. Since we ran the first half at about 8m/m pace, the second half was probably about 10m/m or more. It was a pretty miserable showing.
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