About six weeks ago a "friend" entered both if us in this event, unbeknownst to me at the time. I figured we had enough time since we were already running 9 to 10 miles anyway.
Work hasn't cooperated with long run weekends OR mid-week runs and I hadn't gotten the level of preparation I needed, so I was really dreading it this morning.
But it ended up being a really top shelf event. They announced at the start it was the largest half-marathon ever in the state of tejas, and they ran out of numbers. I guess that means there was in the neighborhood of 10,000 runners for the half, combine that with the marathon and it was a huge event.
I was on pace for a 2 hour event at about 12 miles, and then cratered pretty bad the last mile. My motto used to be I'm still a winner if I lose my dinner on these things, and I was one winning mofo. I had taken a carb gel at around 9 miles and neglected to drink enough water to wash it down. It was trying to come back up the last mile or so, and my calves kept cramping. Ended up at 2:03 watch time.
I'll take it. I'm getting too old for this...I'll be a hurtin puppy tomorrey.