Bottom Line....1:58:01 gun time. 1:57:22 chip time.<br><br>
Weather was not foul, but not great. Cloudy with light rain, but not enough to soak your clothes or anything.<br><br>
My goal was 1:55 to 1:58. I was planning to go out in 5k splits of 28, 27, 28, (hill) 27, and then bring it home in 6 min over the final 1.1k, for a total of around 1:56 or thereabouts. That would make it a fat PR of almost 4 minutes on my best previous HM at Niagara in 2002. I managed to PR by a good margin, but lost an extra minute on the hill as so did not manage to make 1:56 as planned.<br><br>
Mile splits were:<br><br>
1 - 9:27<br>
2 - 8:46<br>
3 - 8:58<br>
5k - 27:58<br>
4 - 8:54<br>
5 - 8:36<br>
6 - 8:54<br>
10k - 55:30<br>
7 - 9:04 (Beginning a hill)<br>
8 - 9:47 (Hill)<br>
9 - 9:44 (Hill)<br>
15k - 1:24:20<br>
10 & 11 - 17:08 (Downhill)<br>
12 - 8:36<br>
1.11 - 9:28<br><br>
The best thing about the race was my daughter, who ran under 1:37 in her first ever HM. She was originally targetting 1:45, but felt strong so she kicked in in over the second half of the course. I think she was top 3 in her age group (under 20) so we will have to go back for the awards. We will see.<br><br>
Griz is still out there as I write this. I am going to get cleaned up and then go back.<br><br>
More on the race later.
Weather was not foul, but not great. Cloudy with light rain, but not enough to soak your clothes or anything.<br><br>
My goal was 1:55 to 1:58. I was planning to go out in 5k splits of 28, 27, 28, (hill) 27, and then bring it home in 6 min over the final 1.1k, for a total of around 1:56 or thereabouts. That would make it a fat PR of almost 4 minutes on my best previous HM at Niagara in 2002. I managed to PR by a good margin, but lost an extra minute on the hill as so did not manage to make 1:56 as planned.<br><br>
Mile splits were:<br><br>
1 - 9:27<br>
2 - 8:46<br>
3 - 8:58<br>
5k - 27:58<br>
4 - 8:54<br>
5 - 8:36<br>
6 - 8:54<br>
10k - 55:30<br>
7 - 9:04 (Beginning a hill)<br>
8 - 9:47 (Hill)<br>
9 - 9:44 (Hill)<br>
15k - 1:24:20<br>
10 & 11 - 17:08 (Downhill)<br>
12 - 8:36<br>
1.11 - 9:28<br><br>
The best thing about the race was my daughter, who ran under 1:37 in her first ever HM. She was originally targetting 1:45, but felt strong so she kicked in in over the second half of the course. I think she was top 3 in her age group (under 20) so we will have to go back for the awards. We will see.<br><br>
Griz is still out there as I write this. I am going to get cleaned up and then go back.<br><br>
More on the race later.