{"id":435,"date":"2013-10-15T16:44:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-15T16:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fiatjustitia.net\/wheezinggeezers\/?p=435"},"modified":"2025-07-21T12:27:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T12:27:37","slug":"heritage-half-marathon-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fiatjustitia.net\/wheezinggeezers\/index.php\/2013\/10\/15\/heritage-half-marathon-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Heritage Half Marathon 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GAINESVILLE Virginia, October 13 2013<\/p>\n<p>It was too freakin&#8217; wet.<\/p>\n<p>The temperature was nice, but there was moderate rain fading in and out during the entire race; my clothes were drenched within minutes of starting.  People were dodging around puddles in the road for no reason. Your shoes are already soaked, what&#8217;s the point?<\/p>\n<p>There was only one difficult hill but the constant rollers ground me down a little bit. I kept pretty close to an 8:00 pace through the first half or so, but fell off pretty hard in the last 10k, finishing with an average pace of about 8:22. I felt better than usual during the last 5k of this race. I was tired and slowing, but I never felt a strong urge to stop and walk, and my suffering index was lower than normal for that point in a half.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d been thinking that I&#8217;d be happy to stay under two hours, so I was quite pleased with my 1:49:32. Almost five minutes off my PR, but on this course, at my current state of fitness, I felt like this was a very good result.<\/p>\n<p>The volunteers were fantastic. They kept great attitudes while standing in the rain for hours, and were very attentive to all runners.<\/p>\n<p>Some recollections:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I saw Paul P. on each of the three out-and-back sections. He would go on to finish his first half marathon in a very respectable 2:22:xx<\/li>\n<li>In the second mile I passed Andrew A., who&#8217;d worked an aid station with me at this year&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/vhtrc.org\/half\">VHTRC Women&#8217;s Half<\/a>. He soon caught up to me and seemed startled when I greeted him by name. I reminded him of our shared service and we chatted a little before he dropped me. I kept him in sight for a while, gaining some on the ups and giving it back on the downs, but he kept his pace when I fell off in the last five miles and came in some five minutes ahead of me.<\/li>\n<li>In the last mile I kept leapfrogging a woman who would stop to walk briefly, then run past me while I kept a steady pace. She finished ahead of me and gave me an extended high-five at the finish.<\/li>\n<li>At one aid station the young volunteers had a fantastic technique of running along with the racers to make it easier for us to grab their proffered beverages. This worked amazingly well, but probably wouldn&#8217;t be possible in a larger race.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Miles this race \u2013 13.1<br \/>\nMiles raced in 2013 \u2013 244.1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GAINESVILLE Virginia, October 13 2013 It was too freakin&#8217; wet. The temperature was nice, but there was moderate rain fading in and out during the entire race; my clothes were drenched within minutes of starting. People were dodging around puddles in the road for no reason. Your shoes are already soaked, what&#8217;s the point? 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