Athens GA Half Marathon

I made it out to Athens, where I ran the Athens Half Marathon as planned. I didn't get any more running in this week, after the 10 mile last Sunday, but that didn't seem to hurt me. My goal was to come in under 2 hours, and I did it. The course was quite lovely, starting on the campus of UGA, and snaking around Athens, up through the neighborhood where we stayed with some old friends from Oregon, Doug and Elizabeth, and their two year old daughter, Clara. Doug ran it also, though mostly because I was there to do it. He bikes quite a bit, and he came in about 1:45. The course was a bit hilly, more hilly than Auburn's half, anyway, with a great big climb at the end to arrive right downtown. As I often do, I was passing people on the late climb, which felt good, especially as many of these folks had been jockeying back and forth with me for as much as 1o or 11 miles. As in January, with the AORTA Half, my hips started barking quite a bit towards the end. I also got a huge blood blister. But apart from that, I'm feeling quite good for having run it, and would probably like to do it again next year.

Playlist
El Microfono	Mexican Institute of Sound
Save It For Later	English Beat
No Expectations	Rolling Stones
Creep	Radiohead
Gardening at Night	REM
Beaux Dimanches	Amadou & Mariam
Epistle to Dippy	Donovan
Steppin' Out	Steel Pulse
Evil Urges	My Morning Jacket
Rocks Off	Rolling Stones
The Distance	Cake
Fish, Chips and Sweat	Funkadelic
Good Vibrations	The Beach Boys
Rock Problems	The Hold Steady
Queen Bitch	David Bowie
Driving South	Jimi Hendrix Experience
Let It Bleed	Rolling Stones
Monkey	Matthew Dear
Monkey Man	Rolling Stones
Bring It On	Gomez
Who Loves the Sun	Velvet Underground
Cool It Down	Velvet Underground
Rock and Roll	Velvet Underground
Lust For Life	Iggy Pop
The Man Who Sold The World	David Bowie
Mexican Radio	Wall of Voodoo
The New World	X
Wat Da Hook Gon Be	Murphy Lee
Here It Goes Again	OK Go
Fireflies	Owl City
Blind Mary	Gnarls Barkley

Time (unofficial)
1:57:??, 1:56:?? net (accounting for wave delay)

Distance 13.1 miles
Cumulative distance 14.8 + 13.1 = 27.9 miles