The Revenge of the Mayfaire:

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So Mayfaire.....


last year I had the pleasure of it not only being my first race at dusk but also my first race flying solo and while I had made a PR at the time I realized that while advertised as a run/walk I placed 970/1033 runners and rounded out the race with a 50:36.7 chip time (53:04.1 gun) and a 16:19 m/m.


Now, I have been walking and running more though I didn't think I'd beat my latest PR last March at the Bolt Run and so my personal goal was to just finish with more then 63 people behind me.

So, I mentioned before, I don't drive and while I told my family I'd like to be at the start area between 6-615 so I can stretch and use the restroom before the race however by the time I arrived it was 6:45. The race bean at 7 and so as I was heading toward the restrooms the volunteers were ushering people toward the street to coral.

Okay, so they don't have actual corals they just have signposts that said 7 m/m all the way to 10 m/m (I opted to wait at the 10 min sign instead of walking further back down the road) and soon the gun (or rather air horn went off).

I started to sprint allot at the start but soon got to a point after reaching the first mile at the 14 minute mark that as long as my running app said I was below a 15:50 minute mile I'd just walk and only sprint on occasion (as I was having bad allergies, plus the more I ran the more I had to pee...I know that last part was TMI but it's the truth)

My official chip time was 45:03 chip time (14:30 m/m) with all the splits on my app coming in at below 15 minutes.

Sadly, while I did get a PR I didn't reach my goal of having more people finish after me as I had TEN LESS runners behind me

As far as my progress on the Half Blood Prince Half I've done 11.22 miles (aside from March of Dimes and Mayfaire I did a short walk this AM and a Treadmill run on Wednesday Night) I'll most likly track the remaining 1.88 miles and then some on Tuesday, weather I do a street walk/run or a treadmill one it's still undecided.


Next Race up at the moment is Wine and Dine in November so Happy Training to me

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