<b>GREAT BAY HALF-MARATHON.</b><br><br>
I ran the inaugural Great Bay Half Marathon this morning in Newmarket, NH. A slower friend had talked me into doing this race. This was going to be his first 1/2 marathon.<br><br>
My friend wanted to run a 9 minute mile average. I decided for the first 3 miles to stay with him, and try to help him find that pace. The first mile was slowed due to the pack. We made up for some of that on mile 2, and at mile 3 I had him right at the 9 minute mile pace. He said to me "I'm all set. I feel the pace. If you want to pick it up, go ahead."<br><br>
I picked the pace up after that, and was passing runners fairly frequently.<br><br>
The course itself was a nice. The first 3 miles were on narrow country roads. Then, there was a 2 mile or so segment on dirt road, then the rest was on country roads back to the finish. In terms of hills, there were many short and sometimes steep hills on the course.<br><br>
The hills were a great opportunity for me to pass runners, and passed several on each steep hill.<br><br>
I would say that for an inaugural event, they organization was pretty good. They could have used sports drink on the course. Also, I missed 3, count 'em, 3 mile markers on the course. I never saw them. I don't know if I just missed them, or they weren't there. Not sure about them.<br><br>
I didn't part-take in the food afterwards other than a banana and a bottle of water. Not sure if they had any good stuff inside.<br><br>
It was a pretty course, and I felt good, but one thing was crystal clear after the race, I am not in race shape. I have some work to do.<br><br>
For those of you who came over from the CH, I had a very nice surprise today. I got to see the lovely and talented AmericanIdiot. It was great to see her.<br><br>
Here's the data (all times are from my watch. Will post official times when they are published on the web):<br><br><b>Daily Run Report</b><br><br><b>Date:</b> 04/01/2007<b>Time:</b> 11:01<br><b>Run Type:</b> Race<br><b>Distance:</b> 13.1 miles<br><b>Total time:</b> 01:53:31.0<b>Average Per Mile:</b> 00:08:16.9<br><b>Course:</b> OTHER COURSE<br><b>Max HR (for entire workout):</b> 193<br><b>Average HR:</b> 172<br><b>Shoes:</b> Mizuno Wave Rider 9 - 02/2007<b>Date Entered Service:</b> 02/23/2007<b>Ending Mileage:</b> 169.9<br><b>Weather:</b> Sunny and clear.<br><b>Temperature:</b> 56<b>Temperature Type:</b> Ambient Air<b>Time:</b> Start<br><b>Temperature:</b> 63<b>Temperature Type:</b> Ambient Air<b>Time:</b> End<br><b>Dew Point:</b> 16<b>Time:</b> Start<br><b>Dew Point:</b> 19<b>Time:</b> End<br><b>Wind speed:</b> 3<b>Max Gust:</b> 10<b>Direction:</b> SE<br><br><br><b>Run Segments<br>
NameTimeDistanceAvgMile HRAvgHRTotal Time</b><br>
Mile 100:10:06.21.000:10:06.216715400:10:06.2<br>
Mile 200:08:34.71.000:08:34.716516800:18:40.9<br>
Mile 300:09:00.91.000:09:00.916316400:27:41.8<br>
Mile 400:08:15.91.000:08:15.917717200:35:57.7<br>
Mile 5+600:15:59.02.000:07:59.517817600:51:56.7<br>
Mile 700:07:47.11.000:07:47.117817600:59:43.8<br>
Mile 800:08:06.41.000:08:06.417117701:07:50.2<br>
Mile 9+1000:16:10.22.000:08:05.117617501:24:00.4<br>
Mile 1100:08:04.21.000:08:04.217817501:32:04.6<br>
Mile 12+1300:15:44.12.000:07:52.018718101:47:48.7<br>
Mile 13.100:00:40.80.100:06:48.019218801:48:29.5<br>
Recovery-100:05:01.50.000:00:00.013515701:53:31.0