The first half marathon I have run since TOU 2009, (which was a disaster). I was fairly nervous about this distance, but my expectations were that I could run 1:26-1:29. Lets be brief shall we? I started out BAD. Real bad. I ran a good 6:47 first mile, but it hurt my outer calves and quads bad. My splits show it, 6:59 second mile, 6:56 third, 6:57 fourth, and finally the culminating awful 7:05 mile. wow, suckkssss. Then I relized something... The soreness was decreasing. My breathing was not labored and I did not have anaerobic burn in my hamstrings or calves. I just screwed up bad by not getting a proper warmup. If anyone wants to give me advice on appropriate warmups, please, I am all ears. Then the turnaround, and I understood that it was going to be okay. I could hopefully run some pretty heavy negative splits, turns out I was right. last 7 miles were 6:26, 6:33, 6:39, 6:23, 6:26, 6:25, 6:15 So, ended in 1:26:54. I pulled in my old High School science teacher the last 4 miles which was part of the reason I did as good as I did. I'm happy with this. I may sign up for the Salt Lake Marathon just so I can get my BQ out of the way this year. I should be in 2:55-2:59 shape in a month or so. 1: 6:47 2: 6:59 3: 6:56 4: 6:57 5: 7:05 6: 6:43 7: 6:26 8: 6:33 9: 6:39 10: 6:23 11: 6:26 12: 6:25 13: 6:15 .1 5:51 pace | 