Big D Half Marathon 2015

4.12.15

year 2.

meh.

Another Mellew Event.  This race group misses on a lot of easy runner experience items:

• race shirts are fair at best
• no expo
• no on course entertainment
• no "after-party" to speak of
• no corrals at start line 
• poor courses
• overall..mediocre events, at best

Considering the lack of attention to detail, you'd think that the race cost would be lower, but, it isn't by much.  My entry was $94.  

But,  I was there, as my quest for 1 half marathon a month in 2015 continues...at this pace, it may be more like 15 in 15, as today was #5 for the year.

Once again, Mellew promoted a new, flat course.  Once again...BS.

My Garmin crapped out last night / this morning.  As a result, I would be racing with less data than usual.  I'm hoping a hard reset will resolve the issue.  

After fighting through the 1st 2 miles of 2500 runners all bunched up, through narrow streets, and, at 1 point, through a grassy area (???), I found some room to run.  I felt pretty good, considering the lack of training.  

The new route took us down West Shore towards WRL.  I always appreciate being back in the hood.  We were fed on to the trail system, past the filter building, etc.  At several points, the course became incredibly narrow, leading to traffic jams...frustrating.  We worked onto the Santa Fe Trail, and back towards fair park.  At one point, we ran under a bridge where an abandoned couch had been dumped...nice.  

It was an incredibly humid day, making it difficult to keep core temp down, and, as a result, leading to a slower pace.  

Not much to say about this one...slow, humid day...slow time.   

Surely I can find better events for next April.