Dallas White Rock Half Marathon

Race Date: 14 December 2008

I started writing this entry a couple weeks ago a couple days after the race. I checked my past races times, and it turns out this was the 4th fastest (of 8). I mostly lump the middle 6 together.

Good grief! Such a less-than-stellar race. Why?

1. I hadn't run a step for two weeks.
2. I'd been sick for most of those two weeks with bronchitis (or something bronchitis-like) and still had a productive couch on race day.
3. It was a warm 66 degrees.
4. The winds were very strong, 29 mph with gusts to 39.

That's my list of excuses challenges, and I'm sticking to it. I ran all of the first 6 miles, and then inserted walking breaks of varying lengths. By the end, I was truly beat and was very achy. The next couple days proved to be very sore ones for my quads. Ow! No major blisters and my left ankle felt okay afterward, too. My left hip flexor was and still is achy. I sometimes wonder if it'll ever stop aching.

Race Summary

number of finishers: 5788
number of females: 3381
number of males: 2407
average time: 2:23:04

There were six of us from Indiana in the race.

Check out the race results.

My Stats

age: 44
overall place: 4116 out of 5788
division place: 260 out of 416
gender place: 2106 out of 3381
time: 2:33:34
pace: 11:43

Mile Splits

The marker for Mile 8 wasn't in the right place, so the times below for miles 8 & 9 are approximate since I had to take a guess as to where the actual lap split should occur.

Mile  Time    Lap Time   HR   Max  Avg  Min  Dist Pace
01. 0:11:25.2 0:11:25.2  171  172  156  102  1.0  11:25
02. 0:22:42.9 0:11:17.7  172  179  173  159  1.0  11:17
03. 0:33:18.5 0:10:35.6  181  181  177  170  1.0  10:35
04. 0:44:15.6 0:10:57.1  186  186  184  179  1.0  10:57
05. 0:55:53.6 0:11:38.0  186  190  187  182  1.0  11:38
06. 1:07:42.5 0:11:48.9  191  193  188  183  1.0  11:49
07. 1:20:56.2 0:13:13.7  176  191  178  170  1.0  13:13
08. 1:32:55.0 0:11:58.8  183  184  178  166  1.0  11:59
09. 1:43:59.3 0:11:04.3  182  188  183  176  1.0  11:04
10. 1:56:24.6 0:12:25.3  187  188  184  176  1.0  12:25
11. 2:07:47.2 0:11:22.6  184  187  178  165  1.0  11:22
12. 2:20:01.1 0:12:13.9  184  187  183  173  1.0  12:14
13. 2:32:32.0 0:12:30.9  188  190  183  173  1.0  12:31
14. 2:33:43.1 0:01:11.1  192  192  189  188  0.1  11:50