I don't think anyone else will ever read or see this, but it was a lot of work; and 6 months ago, I didn't think I could do it.

My goal was just to finish. Based on my training runs, it looked like I might run a 2:45:00 time, but I beat it by about 30 minutes. I was trying to run by heart rate, but it felt boringly slow. A few miles in, I switched to a 90s/30s run walk and it carried me through the end of the race.

Lesson's learned:

• A half marathon is very do-able.
• Nature's Bakery fig bars are decent real food option for runs.
• I drink a lot of water and it was VERY helpful to keep a 500 mL bottle of Skratch with me in a belt during the run.
• The Galloway run walk method was amazing! I think the run would have been a lot harder and slower without it.