Mayor's Half Marathon

I ran my 2nd half marathon in Alaska June 18th, this time in Anchorage.  90+ days later here is my race report (at least what I remember).

Weather was nice; course was nice; race would have been nicer had I trained adequately.  I still had some benefits from my training earlier in the year for my back to back halfs; the mileage in my 12 week training period was:

First 4 weeks: 100 miles
Second 4 weeks: 80 miles
Third 4 weeks: 50 miles

There was a definete lack of a build up or the longest taper period I have ever done!  My time by mile shows the lack of conditioning aka the tank being empty the last few miles:

Mile 1 8:34
Mile 2 7:57
Mile 3 8:03
Mile 4 7:58
Mile 5 7:51
Mile 6 7:32
Mile 7 8:01
Mile 8 8:23
Mile 9 9:07
Mile 10 8:34
Mile 11 8:40
Mile 12 9:25
Mile 13 11:09
Total time 1:51

I spent a week post race on a well organized tour booked through an Alaskan travel company.  Transfers were all taken care of, tours booked, lodging secured.  All I had to do was show up.  After spending a day in Anchorage, I visited Kenai Fjords and Denali National parks.  Portions of my transportation was via the Alaskan railroad, a very scenic travel method!