My Garmin was out of batteries, so I don't have good stats. I left it plugged in to the computer over night, and the computer got turned off. The Garmin must have been on and run down the battery.
I did some easy running before the race, but not a whole lot and not as much as I had planned, because the friend I was running with didn't want to run that much for a warm up.
I think that running it without the Garmin was a blessing and a curse. A blessing because I didn't really know my pace, so I just ran as fast as I felt like I could. A curse because I love data and I don't have good data.
They had chip timing for this race, but I never saw a chip reader at the start. For that matter, I never saw the start line. I was a ways back in the pack and I was expecting to go over a start line, but I never did. However, there was a chip reader at the end. Maybe they're only reading end times and basing the start on the gun. It was really crowded at the start and so we started out pretty slow. I stayed with my friend for about half of the race, but she was struggling a bit and I was feeling pretty good, so with her permission I left her and took off. Official results aren't posted yet, but the clock said 26:46 as I crossed the finish line. I think that's about 2 minutes faster than my previous PR.
PM: Easy run of 2.11 miles. Average pace: 9:45.
My 16-year-old son wanted to go for a run (which he has never done before) so I went out with him. He is inclined to go faster than I am, which accounts for my pace, but I have more endurance. He turned around and headed home after a mile and I continued on, but I stayed at the pace that I was already going with him.
Time for pie.
**Update**
I got the official race results. I was right in that they didn't track the start with the chip. So my gun time is 26:46. I don't have a separate chip time. This gives me an average pace of 8:38.
Overall place: 295 out of 975
Gender place: 78 out of 460
Division place: 24 out of 128 | 