St Louis Track Club Half Marathon

St Louis Track Club Half Marathon in Clayton. Great day out, ran with Bob, Kelly and Jason for nearly the whole way. They didn't let me get in any walk breaks, so I walked briefly only twice the whole way. Felt very good and had a great race. Officially 1:55:01 for an 8:47 pace, AHR was 165. We started out fairly quick as the first few miles are net downhill, running splits of 9:00, 8:35 and 8:27. In the Park we ran splits of 8:50, 8:41, 9:06, 8:28, 8:56, 8:41, a short 25 second lap to get back on the mile markers, and then 8:51. On the way back to Clayton, which is mostly uphill, ran 9:08, 8:46, kicked it in with an 8:09 and then 1:02 for the final .13 miles (7:48 pace). I guess I should have ran just a bit harder at the end to get under 1:55, but I thought I was going to make it. 380 of 852 overall, 283 of 481 of the men, and 51 of 85 in my age group. PR by over 7 minutes, felt like I could have gone a bit faster or ran a few more mile with ease.