Mississauga Half Marathon

1:33:02

I'm good with that. I'd figured on a 1:35 based on my training. My 5k on Wednesday evening gave me some hope for a better finish. It's hard to say if that race impacted my finish today. I was glad for the hard workout which let me get a better feel for the effort and I could handle breathing harder as a result. On the downside my quads were a bit sore throughout the race but honestly never became a problem. Were I doing the full, I'm sure it really would have shown up, but I could handle it over the half.

This was about 5 seconds faster than I had run this course 2 years ago. I wasn't in great shape then either, so maybe with a little work I can reclaim a PR here next year, even though I'll be in a new age bracket then. It was nice to see the sub 22 opening 5k, despite being into the wind, and being able to keep in the 22's the whole race. In case anyone else ran this and didn't notice, the 10k sign is about 250 meters past the actual 10k split point.

All and all, a good effort. A bit chilly down there, but good for running the half. I'm curious how those doing the full handled that N/W wind.