Oh no. First race which I have not progressed my time and got a new PR, EVER!!! I have not trained much since UVM and I thought I could just get a new PR in the half. Don't know why I think it's that easy. I started out way too fast, I was at 7:10 AP through mile 8 and then by mile 10 I was done. My knees hurt, my feet hurt, my breathing was way labored and my brain puked out on me. I have never had such a rough last 3 miles. My pace dropped to 10 - 11 min pace for the last 3 and I have never before wanted to walk so bad. The last 3 miles of this half were harder then the last 3 miles of UVM just 4 weeks ago. A good lesson learned. I can't quick training and think that it will just stay with me. If I want to progress I need to work it. Crappy race but great lesson learned... :) | 