Successful race in Charm City

I was very pleased with my performance this morning in the Baltimore half-marathon. Going into the race, one of my big worries was that I'd go out at too fast a pace and end up dying. While I was definitely in some discomfort the last few miles, I never really "hit the wall", so I'm happy about that. I started out at a steady 7:30 pace, which felt fine. I began to tire somewhere around miles 10 and 11, but I was surprised to see that my pace remained the same. I guess that's a result of the past couple of months of long distance training. I crossed the finish line at 1:36:58 by my watch. My gun time should be about 30 seconds slower, based on my remembering that the official clock was at 8 minutes at mile 1. My watch was at 7:30, so there's a 30 second difference.

I don't know my place yet, but it should be posted on the website within the next day or so.

Here are my splits for each mile, as timed by me:

1 - 7:31
2 - 7:35
3 - 7:20
4 - 7:11
5 - 7:28
6 - 7:53 ...starting to slow down here
7 - 8:05 ...my only mile over 8
8 - 6:56 ...this should compensate for the last two miles!
9 - 7:11
10 - 7:28
11 - 7:07 ...nice to see this quick split at mile 11
12 - 7:38
13 - 6:55 ...approaching the home stretch
13.1 - 0:34