accomplished-4:15am is too early to ever wake up
-Driving north on 101 I saw this lovely glow and thought the sun was coming up, then I realized it was just San Francisco.
-The 280North to 6th street exit is one of the few overpasses that still terrifies me.
-Event parking with bathrooms is the best idea. No waiting for porta-poties.
-The wave starts were not as well organized as they could have been. I ended up starting ten minutes later than I was supposed to.
-I went out faster than I had planned, though the pace felt good. Then there were hills.
-Running across the golden gate bridge is awesome. It's also fun when the drivers on the bridge start honking their horns.
-At mile ten I checked my watch and did some math with my pace and realized I should still be able to beat 2:20 (last 1/2 was 2:23:11) which became my new goal.
-Did I mention the hills? I mean yes, San Francisco so duh, but there were a lot of up and down hills in the last three miles. It got to the point that every time I started running downhill I got sad, because I was fairly certain that meant I was going to have to run back uphill shortly.
-i finished in 2:19:53.
-I have to be to work at noon, after getting off work at 10pm last night. Fitting a half marathon into the middle of a five show weekend is more than the average amount of crazy.
-I have a two hour break between shows today. My brain is already at war over what will be more important at that time: food or sleep. I think food will win, but we'll see in four hours.
So the details just for me.
Sleep: i started getting up a little earlier every day as of Wednesday. Because I couldn't really go to sleep much earlier (show) I also started taking naps as of Thursday so that I wasn't missing too much sleep. Friday night I slept for ~7hrs, I took a 90 minute nap Sat afternoon, Sat night I slept 5 hours (+ at least 30 minutes of lying in bed quietly).
Food: Friday normal breakfast, pasta with tomatoes and garlic, a salad, and ice cream for lunch, falafel and broccoli for dinner, a hardboiled egg and crackers for a late night snack. Saturday breakfast: english muffin w/ PB and milk, mid-morning: banana, lunch: grilled cheese and a salad, mid-afternoon: raspberries, dinner: fettucine alfredo w/ chicken and broccoli from pasta pomodoro. No late night snack.
Race morning: Toast w/ PB, a hard boiled egg, 16 oz water at 4:25. Another 16oz water on the drive up to SF. 1/2 a PB power bar and ~8oz water at 5:50 (arrival at start line).
Race: 2.5 - cyto, 4.8 gu and water, 7.5 cyto and water, 9.7 cyto and water, 11 gu and water
Clothes - long-sleeved green shirt, black sports bra, running shorts, white hat, glove liners, sunglasses. I probably could have changed the glass in the sunglasses to clear, I only wore them on the bridge and then it was more for wind issues than sun. The long sleeves were fine, especially since it stayed overcast the whole time I was running.
Things I did differently and reactions:
protein the night before - the chicken was yummy and I didn't particularly notice a boost from or an issue with it, so I think I will keep this
Nothing but water pre-race: usually i have powerade before I start. I think with the breakfast / power bar combo I didn't need the extra calories, and since I haven't started sweating yet there isn't anything to replace. This seemed good but will depend on my food intake on the day.
Breakfast and power pre-race: Fabulous! Either one wouldn't have been enough calories, especially taking into account the drive time between waking up and starting.
Sleep: i started getting up a little earlier every day as of Wednesday. Because I couldn't really go to sleep much earlier (show) I also started taking naps as of Thursday so that I wasn't missing too much sleep. Friday night I slept for ~7hrs, I took a 90 minute nap Sat afternoon, Sat night I slept 5 hours (+ at least 30 minutes of lying in bed quietly).
Food: Friday normal breakfast, pasta with tomatoes and garlic, a salad, and ice cream for lunch, falafel and broccoli for dinner, a hardboiled egg and crackers for a late night snack. Saturday breakfast: english muffin w/ PB and milk, mid-morning: banana, lunch: grilled cheese and a salad, mid-afternoon: raspberries, dinner: fettucine alfredo w/ chicken and broccoli from pasta pomodoro. No late night snack.
Race morning: Toast w/ PB, a hard boiled egg, 16 oz water at 4:25. Another 16oz water on the drive up to SF. 1/2 a PB power bar and ~8oz water at 5:50 (arrival at start line).
Race: 2.5 - cyto, 4.8 gu and water, 7.5 cyto and water, 9.7 cyto and water, 11 gu and water
Clothes - long-sleeved green shirt, black sports bra, running shorts, white hat, glove liners, sunglasses. I probably could have changed the glass in the sunglasses to clear, I only wore them on the bridge and then it was more for wind issues than sun. The long sleeves were fine, especially since it stayed overcast the whole time I was running.
Things I did differently and reactions:
protein the night before - the chicken was yummy and I didn't particularly notice a boost from or an issue with it, so I think I will keep this
Nothing but water pre-race: usually i have powerade before I start. I think with the breakfast / power bar combo I didn't need the extra calories, and since I haven't started sweating yet there isn't anything to replace. This seemed good but will depend on my food intake on the day.
Breakfast and power pre-race: Fabulous! Either one wouldn't have been enough calories, especially taking into account the drive time between waking up and starting.
My vote is for food.
I ended up splitting the difference, I slept for 45 minutes and then got food.
and I love that icon.
A-ha!
Go, us! PRs for us both! (Even if mine's an only, not just a best)
Re: A-ha!
I remember a friend who marathons saying that what she needed to practice was miles 22-26, sadly you can only really do that by running 22 miles first.
Yay us indeed! We both rocked this race - and your time is still a PR, you don't have to specify to anyone that it's an only.
i have to say i'm impressed you can run so far, i'm pretty sure i couldn't make it with *any* time, much less in under 2:20.