German Championships Halfmarathon 2011 in Griesheim: 1:10:58 (38th place)

April 21, 2011

The race is already a couple of days old but I’n not wiser now than I was immediately after the race.  I ran faster and ranked higher than in last year’s halfmarathon championships but that was not the aim. The aim was to run sub-70 and I missed it. The first 10k were ok and I ran araound 33:05min. Until 15k I was still feeling ok, but then the back was tightening up and the legs were getting heavier with every km. Still I passed a couple of runners (and some passed me).

The starting time of 11.30 was unusual and the fact that quite a lot of runners dropped out indicate that the conditions were not ideal.

Now I know where I am and what I have to do in the next couple of months.