2015 Sleepy Hollow Half

I'm a little late on this blog post!  Three weeks ago, Alek and I ran the Sleepy Hollow half marathon.  I've done this race before and knew to expect a very hilly course.  Given that the race date was March 21, we weren't really expecting the spring snow when we woke in the morning.

Winter wonderland in Brooklyn (on our way there)

Despite the winter wonderland outside, by morning the temperature was fairly warm and it turned out to be good race conditions - we really lucked out this winter!

Overall, this was a good race.  The snow really made the course quite pretty and the course was slightly different from the last time I ran.  This year there was no out and back along the highway.  We simply ran for a stretch on the highway, having done the out on local roads.  This change was definitely for the better.  

Winter wonderland on course

The only thing I would have changed about the race were the water stops.  Our first water stop was at about 4 miles, and the next wasn't until mile 7.  After that they were frequent.  I definitely didn't drink enough prior to the race and was feeling the lack of water as I ran.  I started to get a headache right before the first stop.  From there I took three cups of water to offset some of the dehydration.

About 1 mile down!

I was happy with our time, while we didn't do better than the Love Rox Half in February, this was a much harder course!   We finished in 2:34:52.  

This year's race shirt was a technical shirt (I'm wearing it in the photo above).  The medal was much nicer than the 2012 medal as well!