This past Saturday 26 April was the Illinois Marathon, and that day I ran my first official *half* marathon.
My time was 1:52:03 for 13.1 miles. That works out to 8:33 per mile, or about 7.0 miles per hour. I was expecting 1:57, and hoping for 1:55.
Placing:
Overall : 927/5648 top 16%
Gender : 663/2264 top 29%
Age Group : 54/218 top 25%
Had it been 9 days later (my birthday is coming up), I would have been 26th in my (older) age group.
Interestingly, the results page continues to change, even today. On Saturday night I was listed in the overall at 948/5670. I have moved up 21 positions since then, while the total has dropped by 22 runners. The other placings have also changed a bit, including dropping from 50th to 54th in my age group. And my time improved by a second between Saturday morning and Saturday evening.
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