Critz Tybee Run Half-marathon Results and Lack-of-Blogging Apologies

First, it appears I owe the masses in blog-land (and all three of you that actually read this) an apology, as I've been lax in my recent updates and have been lambasted because of it. We're down a couple of people at work, so my spare time (i.e. "blog time") has been drastically reduced. Couple that with the fact that I've been using most of this time to work on an editing project I've been tasked with (and am getting paid for), and that leaves very little extra time for blogging. So, until this blog starts making me money, it will remain in its current slot in my schedule: niche-filler. But still, I apologize.

The Critz Tybee Run Half-marathon was a success on many fronts: I remained injury free, ran in my target zone (I was aiming to run it in between 1:20:00 and 1:25:00), and felt tremendous afterward (i.e. able to complete any workouts shortly thereafter without issue). Not necessarily tremendous during, but definitely after. I felt very strong initially, then tired just after the 7-mile mark (though I got my second wind with about 1.5-miles remaining)--I could tell that I'd been doing 6 and 7-mile pace runs in my training, as it was just after this point that my body seemed to say "hey, umm...I think you forgot to stop at the usual spot. So this is what I'm gonna do: I'M GOING TO SLOW DOWN (or at least not get any faster). This is for your benefit, believe you me--you may hate me now, but you'll appreciate me later."

Saturday: Ran the Critz Tybee Run Half-marathon in 1:23:52 (6:24 pace, 20th place overall).
Sunday: REST - decided I'd rather be lazy than run.
Monday: Ran 3.99 miles in 30:33 (7:39 pace).
Tuesday: Ran a 1.65-mile warm-up (12:52) and a 0.75-mile cool-down (6:25), with 5x800 in between. My splits were: #1--2:41, #2--2:40, #3--2:41, #4--2:37, #5--2:39.
Wednesday: Ran 4.22 miles in 31:17 (7:25 pace).

There are supposedly quite a few good race-day pictures of me floating around out there, so once I can get them in my hands, I'll post a few here. In the meantime, you'll have to make do with (click on the image to enlarge it):