Monster Dash, October 2011

This is an old one, but one of the few pictures of me running. I'm closing in on my personal best for a 1/2 marathon. It was a little cold at the start (34 F), but I figured it would warm up a few degrees during the race. Also, the sun was out, so I hoped the pavement would warm up quickly. I had shoes on to do some warm up running, and was ready to keep them on for the race, but, made up my mind to ditch them about 30 seconds before the bag check closed.

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Everything clicked that day. I started off at a snail's pace at dead last in the pack and just let my speed work up slowly as I took stock of how I felt. By mid race, I knew things were going well. I had caught up to and passed the 1:50 pace group, so, judging from my dead last start, I knew I was heading for a good finish. Final time -- 1:42:57.
 

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