Outback Half RR

Here's the splits from the Outback half marathon on Thanksgiving.....
MILE 1 -- 6:49
MILE 2 -- 7:00
MILE 3 -- 7:07
MILE 4 -- 7:18
MILE 5 -- 7:09
MILE 6 -- 7:44
MILE 7 -- 7:06
MILE 8 -- 7:15
MILE 9 -- 7:28
MILE 10 -- 7:28
MILE 11 -- 7:21
MILE 12 -- 7:40
MILE 13 -- 7:34
FINISH TIME -- 1:35:46

All in all, it was a fun race. I loved the course - it was out in Mandarin and covered a lot of the roads that we ride on. It was a little cold at the start but I was hot and sweaty within the first mile. I really felt comfortable for the majority of the race - I settled in to my pace and just tried to keep my splits within a couple of secs. My goal pace was 7:40/ mile but I ended up going a tad faster without any problem. Going into this race, I had not done any runs over an hour. I knew I was stretching it a little bit and would probably be hurting for the last 5K -- sure enough. I had brought a couple of powergels with me - and took one at about 50 minutes and took the second one around 1:15 -- they definitely helped. So as my goal time was 1:40:00, I got it by almost 5 minutes. Pretty stoked on that -- I think that going sub 1:30 is definitely within reach for me, so that'll be my future goal for that distance.

BUT, for now I have to get the soreness out of the legs and get back to puttin in the miles. Hopefully, I'll feel good enough to hit the trails for some off-road running soon.