North Shore Half Marathon
With the wild weather we’ve had lately, we lucked out: mid-50’s, clear, low humidity, wind not an issue. I got to the race a tad later than I wanted and paid for that in time spent trolling for parking. By the time I found a spot, the porta potty lines were outrageous.
I made it to the start corrals with minutes to spare but they were so full I ended up lining up behind the 12-minute milers. I’d qualified for the A corral by running a halfway decent Turkey trot last fall, however despite my emails, that fact seemed to fall through the cracks. Since I intended to run this as long, slow distance rather than race it, I saved my complaint.
Goal Pace: 9:40-9:50/mile
Very little of the course is actually flat, although there are lots of welcome downhills as well. In the first mile I took off my Zensah sleeves and hoped it wouldn’t heat up too much.
