GT350H

Exercise: Well, today was the McKay Hollow half marathon on Monte Sano. Last year only had about 55 entries, this year - 115. This is a VERY difficult trail run though some very muddy single track trails, lots of climbing (areas where you CAN'T run, but have to crawl your way over rocks). And, it pays to really study the course markings - I made a wrong turn just before mile 5 (no one in front or behind me to see). Went about .25 mile out of the way. Got to thinking I should see somebody, stopped waited about a minute. When I didn't I knew something was wrong, so I started backtracking until I could see some people above me and finally found the correct turn. I figure I probably lost about 5 minutes in the little excursion. My final time for the 13.48 miles was 2:17:26. (10:11 per mile pace). Definitely disappointing as I thought I was gonna do better than last year when I ran a little over 2:09. Finished 23rd out of 115 - pretty sad...

Weighed 158 as I left for the race and weighed 153 when I got home. Mostly dehydration, I guess, 3.16% of body weight in 2.5 hours.

Mile splits were :

1: 6:49
2: 7:12
3: 9:13 (includes ascent up to O'Shaugnessey Point and a fall in the mud!)
4: 8:59
5: 9:09
6: 16:54 (includes stop and turnaround and Natural Well ascent)
7: 7:51
8: 9:21 (includes stop at water table for two cups of Gatorade)
9: 7:47
10: 9:20
11: 9:43
12: 13:13 (beginning ascent up to picnic area)
13: 17:51 (continuation of picnic area ascent)
0.48: 4:06


Total mileage for the week: 13.55 (including a very short warmup)

Total mileage for March : 96.00