Last year's princess was my first ever half marathon, my only goal was just to finish in front of the balloon ladies. I did not stop for any pictures along the way, I was too afraid to waste any time. I finished in about 3:15ish I think. My goal the other day was just to get under the 1:15 so I could submit that time. There are not very many 10K opportunities around here. Of course the deadline is fast approaching to even submit a time. I guess the most frustrating part was I thought I had it the whole way through the race. The times were posted at each mile, and I did the first couple miles in the 11:30 range which is decent for me. When I crossed the finish line, I remembered to stop my watch (so it was a few seconds later). My watch showed 1:15:49. Since I had also started it before I crossed the start line, I was really hoping the official time would be under the 1:15 mark. Then they didn't post anything at the race past the 1:12 time. The lady said they were having some "timing" issues. That further kind of frustrated me. When it was finally posted online later that day, I was stunned to see my official time was 1:15:59 (even more than my own watch said). It's all fine, I will be fine and I don't mean to sound like chicken little. I was just disappointed and I'll get over it. Corral F here I come again!
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*Usually* there is a line of buses and one is pulling up as quickly as the one in front departs. I've had a couple of experiences where this was unfortunately not the case, but it has been the case enough that I plan around it happening. I am usually walking out of my room at 3:15 for a 5:30 start, but a person could probably get on a bus as late as 3:45-4 and still be quite comfortably in time. I usually end up with a full hour to kill, but there is lots to look at. Lead corrals start closing around 5 and walking to the start chute around 5:15.
