UPDATE:

Sister in law is looking like she is going to flake. I can't say I fully blame her, because she will have my 2.5 year old while the rest of us race. Still keep an eye out at mile 12. Will be a race day thing with her.

First HM in that long and shooting for sub 2:00 is pretty good. I am shooting for 2:10 but this is my fourth in the last year.

Looking forward to just running the half here.

I've run the full twice and always thought, this is a great half course.

After taking a few years off, I'll be running the half on 8 weeks training. Hoping for a sub 2:20.

Weather looks like it was be nice.

Y'all have a good race today, run on!

2:18 - blech. I hit Mile 12 and had no shot at making my goal of 2:10 so I let up and coasted in. Still better than last year though.

EDIT - you may have seen me. I was wearing the I HATE RUNNING t-shirt today. Got a few hundred cheers from the crowds for that.

Not a PR but my PR for today.

MEENag said:

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Finished my first Ultra/50k today. Weather was awesome and I felt great throughout. I was able to make it under 5 hours, which I didn't expect based on training times.

Congrats all.

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Congrats. But I gotta admit running for 5 hours has no appeal to me.

PR today. My first half, so it was bound to be. 2:07.

Was hoping/expecting sub 2:10. Dreaming of sun 2:00.

Mile 9 was hard but not a significant drop on pace. Mile 10 was still at my average. By this point I would have needed to sprint it and that wasn't happening. Just ran outta gas at 12 and 13 withmkre than a minute slower pace.

It was fun. Weather was great. Fans were better. Cowtown put on a great race!

GD I hurt like a MFer this morning. This 56 year old body isn't made for distance running!

My first half in the books, 1:55. Perfect weather, had a blast.

Yea, what a great race day. First half marathon for me in 6+ years. Ran a 2:14 which beat my goal of 2:20.

Still far away from the times I was putting down in 2010-2012, but progress nonetheless.

Freakin perfect weather yesterday and an awesome day. 13.1 PRs for me and my wife and already ticking 2019 goals off the list! Love this race, definitely my favorite half.

Anyone else get some of the Chick Soup after the race? Totally counterintuitive, I know, but it was warm and it hit the spot. Totally surprised me.

Oh, and my performance was horrible. Almost an hour slower than my PR. Foot issues. #rehab.

SAWgunner said:

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Anyone else get some of the Chick Soup after the race? Totally counterintuitive, I know, but it was warm and it hit the spot. Totally surprised me.

Oh, and my performance was horrible. Almost an hour slower than my PR. Foot issues. #rehab.

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Something hot was the last thing I wanted.

Last year I chugged one of the yogurts. Made it all the way to the trash can.

Rudyjax said:

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SAWgunner said:

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Anyone else get some of the Chick Soup after the race? Totally counterintuitive, I know, but it was warm and it hit the spot. Totally surprised me.

Oh, and my performance was horrible. Almost an hour slower than my PR. Foot issues. #rehab.

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Something hot was the last thing I wanted.

Last year I chugged one of the yogurts. Made it all the way to the trash can.

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Everything was "off" for me, so I was freezing when I finished, so something warm hit the spot for me. I barely finished one beer and gave my 2nd one away....if you know me, you KNOW thats not normal....of course it was Miller Lite sooooo no loss.....

That sucks. Apparently I averaged at max heart rate for the entire race which explains why I felt so bad.

I doubt I averaged 173 and spiked at 200. Thoughts?