2013 Manhattan Half Marathon - 1:23:14 / 6:22

Chip Time: 1:23:14
Pace: 6:22
Rank: 48
Age Grade: 71.26%

Redemption after the 2011 Manhattan Half (1:31) where I struggled throughout the race.  Although I wasn't 100% sure going to race this due to the cold conditions, I knew I had to overcome it.  Truthfully speaking, give me warmer conditions at any given day, I just never do well in the cold weather hence racing the Manhattan could've been a debacle.   However I can't shy away from competing simply due to the bone chilling weather.  I paced miles 1 through 8 with my teammate Sussman, and ended up with 1:23 on two loops of central park.  Furthermore, I needed this result to brush aside from the Houston Half disappointment.  One thing that is clear to me is that in racing, theres always going to be another one.  With one bad race, brush it off and compete the next one.  Hopefully this would be a good prep for Boston 2013...5th one!

Splits:
01: 6:18:64
02: 6:14:57
03: 6:00:93
04: 6:24:90
05: 6:24:57
06: 6:11:62
07: 6:17:53
08: 6:24:40
09: 6:14:69
10: 6:39:98
11: 6:34:98
12: 6:24:17
13: 6:22:97
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