2022 Towpath half marathon

By Orangy -

Towpath half marathon is in the books. After our 5-miler race on St Patrick's day in St Louis, P. wanted to run another 5 miler. I found that the Towpath Half had 2 distances - 5 miles and a half marathon. So, I signed him up for the 5 miler and I did the half marathon (of course). 

The morning of the race was reallyyyyy cold. We got there about 1 hour before the race to get the parking spot and use the porta potty. Then, we stayed in our EV until 5 minutes before the start because it was too cold to stand outside. 

The first half of the race was nice. I saw a couple of friends at the start and ran with them for a couple of miles. The half marathon started about 10 minutes before the 5 miler. We ran north to the turn-around point (about 2.5 miles) then turned around and ran south where the 5 miler finished but the half marathoners kept going. 



The second part of the race was very windy as we were out in the open area. I had to slow down and walk up the bridges but I was able to keep a consistent pace throughout the race and finished faster than I expected (given how out of shape and busy I was). 

P. finished wayyyy before I did and he went back to wait in the car. 



Overall, the race was pretty uneventful. If you like running on the Towpath, it was a great race because it was pretty quiet. I don't know if I can get P. to sign up for a half marathon before the end of the year or not but he seems uninterested in the longer distance LOL


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