Augusta Half Marathon

Also known as a “comedy of errors”.

So, Work sponsors races all the time, so If I go to a race, chances are its because I get a free entry. (You know me…)

This time it was the Augusta half marathon. A mildly popular race. (not anything as big as the Augusta Half Iron Man.) So, last night, I looked up where and when we were supposed to be there, and I read “NO PACKET PICKUP DAY OF RACE”.. Really? This is NOT that big of a race..  Not even close. OK, Guess I’m running Rogue then, because.. no packet.  so, I get there, and realize I did not bring my running shoes. nice. Fortunatly/unfortunatly. Im wearing an old pair of retired trail running shoes. OK, Guess I’ll run in these then.  Then, I start Strava in bike mode. (not running mode) so it wont give pace or split info. great. Then, at the end of the race, I take a picture of the timer… but there are two timers? what? AND, the time seems to be way slow.. I though I ran under 2 hours. but the timers are OVER two hours.. turns out, those timers where for the 5k and 10k .. WTH. the Half timer was on the other side in a different place. Really? come on people.

Anyway.. Its all good. First Half marathon, 1:55:54 About a 8:50 pace average. I’m good with that.

 


Here is a picture of the (wrong) clock(s) when I crossed the line.


Here is a picture of all 3 clocks so i can calculate the right time. Turns out I just had to subtract 15 minutes from the clock that said 2:04:11.


The finishers medal.. Gotta’ get one of these, or else you didn’t finish. 🙂

Here is my Strava.. in bike mode of course.. slightly different than the calculated time..  🙂 Slightly longer too.

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Posted on 26 February '17 by , under Running.