My polar said 1 hour 47 minutes but the clock time indicated 1 hour 50 minutes. Either way, I paced an 8:28 mile and I was extremely happy with that under the weather conditions- It was 53* , windy, and pouring rain for most of the race!
Here is the link to the results, http://www.cityofoaksmarathon.com/results/
My shoes were soaked at about mile 4! Ick! I reached the halfway mark at 43 minutes, which means I was pacing about 7 minutes a mile for the first 6.5 miles….Just before that, I had half of a Gu pack ( chocolate flavor) and finished the other half at mile 9. My mom strategically placed herself at mile 11 and boy, did I need her cheering face to keep me going!
My stuff all laid out for the morning…
I had a small ripe banana at 5:30 am and downed 1 packet of Vega Sport Optimzer at 6:30 ( half hour before the race start). 
Immediately after the race, I just wanted to get dry and warm because the rain started pouring even harder. So we headed back to the house and I had this myoplex shake and half an orange… with my finishers medal
After getting cleaned up and stretched out, we headed to brunch with my mom, brother, his girlfriend & her daughter at this fantastic Irish Pub , Tir na Nog. They have a wonderful St. Patrick’s Day party every year, now I know I can add a wonderful brunch to that as well!
There was beef chili, cheesy grits, shrimp & grits, potato cakes, breakfast potatoes, scrambled eggs, bacon, eggs benedict, sausage gravy & biscuits, sausage, pasta with smoked sausage, bread pudding, a salad station, roast beef, omlet station, waffle station, muffins and cakes! It all was so delicious but I couldn’t manage to actual eat all the food I wanted! My body was still in “run” mode I think.
Plate #1
A potato cake on top of bacon, sausage gravy, cheesy grits, a BBQ pork taco, and an egg benedict. I didn’t finish … I wish I had that kind of stomach! I had the grits, the egg and ham, a bite of the potato cake, and the bacon..
Fruit & another egg+ham, some bread pudding
A slice of chocolate cake…
I will try to get some race pictures up as soon as they post them!
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WOW! That is completely amazing! You are one speedy chicky! Congrats!
Congratulations!! And kudos on persevering through that weather
Wow, congrats on the race!!
Loving those cheese grits!
Great job on this! I am envious.
I cannot believe you did that amazing in that kind of weather! You go girl, I’m so very proud of you!
Wow! That’s excellent!!
I want to ask you whether your used a particular program – that is a very fast pace!!
Wow wow wow… my first half is in 3 weeks and no matter what the weather (I’m preparing for the worst) I’ll be thinking of you and how you kicked this race’s ass. Awesome job!
362/2079?! That’s an awesome place, and 8:28 is sooo good. My (somewhat unrealistic) goal is to finish the 1/2 in under 2 hours. I either need to train more (and faster), or re-evaluate. Anyway, AWESOME job, Laural, you should be proud!!!
That’s an AWESOME pace! I’m trying to push myself just a little more to beat my 8:45 pace for the Seattle Half-Marathon, which has a BEAST of a hill around mile 10, so hopefully I can do it…!
Is Kombucha something that can be bought in a grocery store? This cold is a comin’….!
Congrats on the half marathon! I have yet to attempt to do one of these but am always inspired by those who do!
CONGRATULATIONS!! You must be SUCH an amazing athlete to pull that kind of time over such a long endurance. I am very, very impressed!
I hope this made you see how incredibly awesome you are, and how strong you can be.
xox
congratulations, your pace is really awesome!! I would have been freezing wow, look at all that food!
Badass! Haha, I can manage a few morning jogs around campus, but that’s about it.
You seriously kicked it!
That chocolate cake looks so wonderful that I’m going “Maybe I should run… even though I hate it… so I’d have an excuse to eat some cake like that”. Way to rock the half, girl!