Snohomish River Run Half-Marathon and 5 extra miles

Friday morning I drove to Endurance Sports NW for packet pick-up/expo.  They called it an expo but there were only 4 tables.  Anyway, it was located very close to Harbour Pointe Blvd in Mukilteo where we lived for 2 years before we built our house.  It was fascinating to drive there to see how built up the area has become. 

The half-marathon day started out early with raindrops falling loudly and steadily on the rooftop.  We haven’t had rain for a few weeks so this was a bit disconcerting.  I wasn’t too worried about running in the rain, only about how it would affect my costume!  I drove to Vinnacios Coffee to meet up with Sharon Smith, Laura Weir, Catherine Oehler, and Dana Mulligan.  I was asked to drive since I had a minivan.  Sharon provided the parking pass.  We took a couple of pictures and then were on our way.  The Snohomish River Run Half-Marathon was located in Everett along the Lowell Snohomish River Road.  I didn’t even know this road existed.  It follows the river into Snohomish.  It only took us 10 minutes to get there but we had to be there an hour early because the road would be closed due to the marathon.

Dana Mullligan, Sharon Smith, Laura Weir, Me, Catherine Oehler

The rain had slowed to only a slight drizzle and completely stopped throughout most of the half-marathon.  The course was flat and followed the Lowell Snohomish River Road out and back for the first 10 miles.  The last 3 miles were on a scenic paved riverfront trail.  It was a bit boring, but the time sped by quickly. 

Wearing a costume was delightful.  I received many comments and smiles about my hat.  It was a great conversation starter. 

I went out too fast at the beginning and was slowing down by the end.  I took a lot more walk breaks.  I’m really surprised I did this, because I thought I was getting pretty good at negative splits in training runs.

I had a nice time on this run but I prefer to do larger and/or more scenic runs.  I really like the entertainment and cheering on the bigger runs.  The scenery was a two lane road with a train track on one side for 10 miles.  The paved path was gorgeous!  I did PR (Personal Record) on this half marathon!

Split	Hours:Minutes:Seconds Time	Miles Distance	Minutes per Mile Avg Pace
Summary	2:24:52.7	13.13	11:02
1	10:39.3	1.00	10:39
2	10:47.5	1.00	10:47
3	10:48.0	1.00	10:48
4	10:15.5	1.00	10:15
5	11:16.3	1.00	11:16
6	10:13.4	1.00	10:13
7	10:23.2	1.00	10:23
8	11:18.6	1.00	11:19
9	11:18.9	1.00	11:19
10	11:34.5	1.00	11:35
11	11:27.0	1.00	11:27
12	11:34.2	1.00	11:34
13	12:02.4	1.00	12:02
14	1:14.0	0.13	9:17

When I got home I needed to run 4.5 extra miles to stay on my Seattle Marathon training schedule.  I ended up walking the extra mileage on the treadmill.  My nutrition was thrown off due to the half-marathon and not eating lunch properly.  I hope to do a better job two weeks from now when I do my 20 miler.