Can You Digg It.......

Despite the one no vote on my poll as to whether I should run a half-marathon today or not....I did it. They said it was a very fast course, so I'm thinkin' "piece of cake" right? Yeah, not so much. Rolling hills is more like it! I tell ya, the downslopes are almost as difficult as the upslopes. Didn't really hit the wall per se, but about a half mile to the finish there is this monster hill, elevates 100 feet pretty rapidly and slowly decends on the backside. Legs were pretty tired at this point since it was already the logest run I've ever taken on (10.3 last weekend held the record for a week). But I did it!! WooHoo! Picked up some body glide (thanks Mike) prior to the race to ensure my shirt would stay blood dot free, and it worked like a charm. Also ran a half mile warm up which also worked out very well. Thanks for all of the nice notes and well wishes while I was debating this, it helped put me over the top on the "yes" decision for sure. Also, thought about the group during the race which helped keep me on pace and not slip on my times.

Overall, good race with some areas for improvement, but I did what I set out to do Keep Pace! Actually, I was alot faster than I thought I'd be averaging around 8:55/mile, but thought it would be more like 9:15/9:30ish. End result: 1hr 56min 41sec - 9th out of 18 in 30-39; 56 overall..small field...(http://www.greystoneracing.net/pages/Race%20Results%202008/Compounce%20Half%206.22.08.txt) Not too shabby for my first half! Not Mike-Speed either, but still not too shabby ;-) You still da man, Mike!

Soooo, 13.1 plus .5 (5.5mph) warmup gives me 13.6 for the day....Which drove the whole "Can you dig it......." theme! ;-) Ball is in your court J-man, what you got!?!?