The morning didn't start out well - my first mini and I was completely unprepared. Left my watch and sunglasses at home. On top of that my iPod didn't work and I haven't ran yet without listening to music. So I was expecting to be bored and not finish with a good time, but it was the opposite. I didn't mind not having music after a while and I finished under my goal of 1:50:00. We started in Iroquois passed DeSales High School and moved through Iroquois Park. It was about Mile 4 when we came out of the park and with the major hills out of the way I decided to pick up the pace. The race continued down Southern Pkwy, through Churchill Downs and then down 4th street into downtown. By the end of the race I moved up passed two pace groups (guys who run with signs with different paces so people can run with him and at the correct pace throughout the race). I felt like I was running smoothly the whole time, most people speed up the last couple miles or so, but I had no reason to push myself with being under my goal pace for most of the race. I think that's why I've stayed healthy and have had almost zero problems physically because I didn't overdue it since our training has started. Shelby ran a good time as well finishing right over 1:58:00. Creeden also made it through at a decent time 2:17:00; even though he was happy with it, I bet if you asked him 4 months ago he never would've thought he could have done that. Overall great experience, the bad weather held off and I feel accomplished. Thank you to Shelby for signing me up without my knowledge - otherwise I wouldn't have ran. Big thanks to Erin, Tyler and Mom for coming down to cheer us on.
Marathon 2011 365 days away
| Distance | HALF MAR |
| Clock Time | 1:50:01 |
| Chip Time | 1:48:11 |
| Gender Place | 731 / 4451 |
| Division Place | 111 / 618 |
| Oall | 906 |
| Ctz | USA |
| 10K | 51:16 |
| 15K | 1:15:59 |
| Divt | 618 |
| Sext | 4451 |
Way to go Mike! I want to run next year!!!
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