Houston Half Marathon

Houston, TX - January 19, 2014

1:49:18 (8:18 min/Mi) PR

What a race. A huge PR by over 8 minutes !

Weather was perfect for a run. Cool but not too cold, and sunny. I wasn’t thinking of going for a PR at the beginning, but felt good and just kept a good pace throughout.

Splits:

5k 26:40 26:40 8:35

10k 52:23 25:43 8:17

15k 1:17:46 25:23 8:10

20k 1:43:56 26:10 8:26

Finish 1:49:18 5:22 7:53

Some fun facts: I finished 1,127th out of 10,543 (Entire Half Marathon Field)

9416 finished behind me. 11% finished ahead.

I finished 800th out of 4,490 (Men)

3,690 finished behind me. 18% finished ahead.

I finished 136th out of 685 (Age Group)

549 finished behind me. 20% finished ahead.

Over the first half of the race:

I passed 461 runners (8 Age, 47 AG, 164 Women, 297 Men)

79 runners passed me (2 Age, 4 AG, 18 Women, 61 Men)

Over the second half of the race: I passed 248 runners (5 Age, 22 AG, 95 Women, 153 Men)

41 runners passed me (0 Age, 5 AG, 13 Women, 28 Men)

Of the 10,543 who finished, 57% were Women, 43% Men.

I was ahead of about 95% of Women runners.