Keeping in tradition of writing race reports for all my races…here’s the rundown on the Mercer Island Half Marathon (1/2 marathon race report, I know kind of boring).
This was my first race of the 2011 season and my longest race since Ironman. This half marathon course is around Mercer Island, this is a route I ride on my bike frequently, however, I had yet to run it. The elevation profile tells the whole story, its either up or down…nothing flat.
Mercer Island 1/2 Maraton Elevation Profile
The weather had been total crap leading up to race day but we lucked out and it was a sunny and relatively warm morning. The other bonus was the later-than-used-to 9am start.
Being that its a hilly race my plan was to be really conservative the first half and see what I could do on the second half. I was shooting for a 8:00/mi pace for the first six or seven miles, however, the pace ended up at 7:30/mi. I was still able to negative split the race and ended up with a an overall average pace of 7:15/mi.
Its a good race, I’d suggest it to anyone looking for an early season 1/2 marathon thats not afraid of some hills.
Race Time 1:35:19 (Personal Best)
Div place 28/139 overall place 157
Hi Travis!
My name is Davinia,I’m 32 years old and I live in Johannesburg SA. Looks like we have two things in common: we both love running and we both broke our neck of femur! I broke mine 13 and a half wks ago in a figure skating fall when my skating partner slipped and took me down with him. They did an ORIF with pins and a plate and so far the healing has been great! Would really like to ask someone who has been through the same thing…..how long before you started running?? My doctor told me no earlier than next year but physio says by Sept latest. Would really like to do a triathlon in Oct/Nov but obviously don’t want to be silly about this and do more damage or affect the healing. Would love to hear about your personal experience in this regard! Thank u so much – looking forward to hearing from you!