Va wine 1/2 marathon race report and weekend fun

I'm very torn on how I feel about this race. Some things were great, some were not. I finished, I had fun, and my friend Hayan ran her first 1/2! Woot Woot!

The Good:

Running with my girls

Good Parking spot

Beautiful Start

Cool medals - they double as a wine cork

Thumbs up - mason style

Awesome hubbs and support crew leader!

Thumbs up - Sammy style

I think I stayed pretty consistent - which was my coaches plan for me:

Split	Hour:Minute:SecondTime	MilesDistance	Minutes per MileAvg Pace
Summary	02:12:00	13.16	10:01
1	00:10:29	1.00	10:30
2	00:09:54	1.00	09:54
3	00:10:05	1.00	10:05
4	00:09:39	1.00	09:39
5	00:09:52	1.00	09:52
6	00:09:49	1.00	09:49
7	00:10:01	1.00	10:01
8	00:09:41	1.00	09:41
9	00:09:54	1.00	09:54
10	00:09:37	1.00	09:37
11	00:10:09	1.00	10:09
12	00:10:35	1.00	10:35
13	00:10:38	1.00	10:38
14	00:01:32	0.16	09:42

The Bad:

- A LOT of hills. I mean A LOT. They quoted "mostly flat" on their website. Liars.

- 30 minute delayed start. Screwed up my nutrition pretty bad. I was STARVING at mile 11.

- Sam transferred his bib, but they transferred mine instead. I had to run with Sam's bib because NO one could/would help me switch them back. I left messages, sent emails. No one ever got back to me. So, that also meant no shirt for me. They wouldn't give me a woman's shirt - I got the Men's XL. Great.

- Mile 9 was gravel/dirt/pot holes. That was a LONG mile.

Pretty sure this is a one time race for me. I'm glad to check it off my list.