Southend Half Marathon - Charlotte, NC
| Date | Division | Gun Time | Chip Time | Overall Place | Sex Place |
| 04/13/2002 | F 18-34 | not available | 01:53:20 | not available | not available |
The Course:
- Mostly flat with rolling hills - I really enjoyed the contour of this course. In addition to the gentle hills, we ran under plenty of shady oak trees that kept the sun from beating down on us.
- Weather - Warm (upper 60s to lower 70s) with slight breeze; this was my ideal weather for a run of this distance.
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Josh and I ran the Southend Half Marathon as part of our training for Grandma's Marathon in 2002. Evan served two roles: race volunteer and cheerleader. |
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Obviously, this is the finish line, where Evan was stationed as a race volunteer (he even received a free race t-shirt). |
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Josh and I are seen here following the race with Josh's father, also part of our cheering section. I was not feeling too well after this one. |
Josh and I went to Charlotte, NC for the Southend Half Marathon as part of our Grandma's Marathon preparation (plus, to enjoy new scenery on a long run). We met Lee Hall, who was also running his first half marathon, around the third mile and finished the race with him (unfortunately, there are no pictures of the three of us). Around the tenth mile I got a pretty intense right side cramp that made breathing difficult, but with Josh's encouragement, I was able to ignore it until the end of the race. All in all, it was an interesting, different way to fulfill a long run.
To my knowledge, this race no longer exists. It's too bad, because it was a nice, enjoyable course.