Carmel Half Marathon Race Report

Today was the Carmel Half Marathon and I finished in 2:12 watch time. There was some walking after mile 9 because my hip felt like it was tightening up again. Just wasn’t feeling 100% after having a cold this week, and my training after the Mini didn’t go well. Just that one 9.something mile run and a couple six milers.

That was 10 minutes slower than the Mini! I did enjoy the event and seeing the sights of Carmel though, so I guess that’s the important part.

I parked at the closest “preferred” parking lot and it was a pretty short walk up to the starting area, and the walk back to the car after the race probably helped keep me loose.

I took my handheld bottle with me and sipped when I wanted and filled up at water stations when needed. I heard a couple people complain about the gap between the station at the elemenatry school and then not another until around mile 6 or so. I had noticed that on the map and it was what made my final decisino to take the bottle with me. Had two gels, so I was able to skip the blue Powerade until the end. I did save the gel packages and make sure they made it in to trash containers 🙂

I heard some drivers get upset at the police that were telling them they couldn’t go certain ways… like down Main Street when runners were on both sides of the road.