surf city half marathon

last year carrie, elise & ran the surf city FULL marathon. this year however we opted to run just the half marathon – best decision we ever made.

surf city half marathon essentials:
1. turquoise team sparkle skirt (my motivation)
2. kt tape (my magic pill – all my knee pain literally disappears when i wear this stuff)
3. lime flavored nuun (i love a little fizz in my drink)
4. garmin (i’d be lost without it)
5. team sparkle race legs (run hard, run pretty)
6. team sparkle tattoo (i like to wear my heart on my sleeve)
7. jolly ranchers (my energy source)
8. newton running shoes (run better)

(opps! i didn’t expect a race with 15,000+ runners to sell out, but it did. so i had to put my faith in a complete stranger & buy my bib on craigslist.)

total time: 1 hour, 58 minutes & 27 seconds. a new PR by 3 seconds.

surf city half marathon by the numbers:

* 3179 out of an overall of 13,301 half marathoners
* 1229 out of 8386 women
* 232 out of 1342 women in my age group
* total time 1:58:27, with a pace of 9:03 minutes per mile
* 3 mile split time 26:35, with a pace of 8:52 minutes per mile
* 8.2 mile split time 1:12:39, with a pace of 8:52 per mile

Tagged as: huntington beach marathon, kt tape, nuun, surf city half marathon, surf city martahon, team sparkle