Houston Marathon & Half

Held January 2007

Race Info

26.2 miles
4:12 finish

Weather held up alright for most of the race with cool temperatures and no real rain. There was so much moisture in the air though, that you just got ewt anyway. I felt good about my time, but it ended up not being worth it to push my body the way I did. On top of that I made the same mistake I did at Phoenix by going out too fast, causing me to burn out around mile 19 or 20. I also didn't hydrate enough at each aid station, and just skipped about 3 in the first 10 or 12 miles because I was in a hurry. I ran with Steven from about 21-24 which was pretty nice. We got cool medals, finisher shirts and mugs afterwards. I took advantage of the free massage, and got some decent hot food. When we got home from the race Alec's dad had some awesome BBQ waiting for us after we showered. We had cold guiness and bottingtons beer with it, which ws icing on the cake. All in all it was a good race and exciting to have so many friends doing it with me, but It'll probably be a long time before I do this race again.