My first half marathon is now history and in the books.
The weather was great for a race, cool enough to be comfortable (34), but not so cool as to be frosty either. They said it was a slightly revised course this year, but since I had never run the half before (did the 10K in 2008) it was all new to me except a few parts both races share.
They always play up the Martian UFO angle putting out a lot of advertising like this full size poster.
The shirt is always unique and has won awards for design of running shirts.
The front side shows the hairy alien inside.
While the back has the “friendly” alien coming out.
The finishers get a medal, along with the free sore legs, for their effort.
The official Team ToeJammer Bib.
And the stats associated with the run.
- Some stats for the race:
a) 13.1 Miles (Half Marathon)
b) Finished 1053 out of 1762 overall
c) Finished 31 out of 58 in my age group.
d) Had a 9:35 pace (2:05:26.2 total time)
e) Had a great time, even got a new 13.1 M PR (Ok, it had to be a PR!)
Until the final UFO is sighted,
George