SF half marathon --- July 30th

I finished the SF half marathon on July 30th 2006 in 2:17. Minal, Miku, Chaitrali also did the 5K as part of their progressive marathon.

I started off slowly at around 10:30/mile pace and later caught up to an average 10 min/mile pace by mile 8. The race was supposed to be fast and flat so it was not a good feeling to see the looming hills especially inside Golden Gate Park. But then what was i thinking, San Francisco and flat, thats never the case :-). I raced the couple of downhills i got but still had too much catch up to do to meet the target 9 min/mile pace. At mile 9.5 or so i realized that i could not keep up a faster pace without risking injury so i applied the brakes and eased through the last 3.6 miles.

Personally, I was disappointed with my timing, had done a 2:03 on a much tougher course. Anyways, the good thing is i can only get better :-). Next race, San Jose Rock n Roll Half marathon on October 8th.

Minal enjoyed her 5K race and finished in 45 minutes. Both of us were proud recipients of the half marathon and progressive marathon medals :-).