0
|
Krista Darschewski
2016 REVEL Rockies Half Marathon
Published: June 13, 2016, 8:10 a.m. 
0
0
|
-
Overall Rating
4/5 Stars
-
Describe your race day.
Race day was great. It was a very early morning, but I appreciate the cooler weather. I lined up with the 2:20 pacer hoping that I could beat him. I was ahead of him for most of the race. Between mile 8-9, the 2:20 pacer passed me and it was very discouraging to see him. I really thought that I was running a faster race than that. It seemed like his pace was too fast for 2:20. I finished the rest of the race pretty much on track of what I thought it would be. My chip finish time was 2:18 and my gun finish time was 2:19. I know that the 2:20 pacer finished before me. I think that if you are a pacer you should finish at your expected time. If that means having a watch to keep you more at your scheduled pace, then Revel should provide the watches for them on race day. I was very upset about him passing me. mentally, it was very discouraging to see him passing knowing that I was ahead of the time I wanted to finish.
-
Did you PR?
no. I was 30 seconds away from a PR.
-
How would you describe the course?
the course was great. The little uphill at the beginning was no problem on fresh legs. (I ran the half). I did not appreciate the uphill at the end though. I came right off of a steep downhill sections almost sprinting because it was 13 miles and then see this uphill. I would change that in the future.
-
Tell us about your training.
Training was okay for me. I would try to run more often during the week and try to run downhill about every other week for my long runs.
n/a