The Star City Half is a smaller race that starts on the Ronaoke River Greenway (my favorite place to run in Roanoke!), winds through the downtown area, up and down some hills in the middle of the course, and finishes along the river on the Roanoke River Greenway again.
I decided to run this for fun, so I ran with Emily and her friend Allison for the first 3.5 miles, then I took off so I could go at a little faster pace. I was surprised at how good I felt after running a half marathon the previous weekend! Both races were for fun and I ran at easier paces so that helped.
I finished in 2:07:19 official time, but it was probably about 2:06:48 net time since I started closer to the back. I thought our bibs had chips, so I'm not sure why there wasn't a chip time. Anyway, I'm glad I wasn't trying for a PR since the results weren't accurate!
Emily got a PR with 2:23:20!
After the race, we went to Lynchburg for the Poplar Forest wine festival and had a great time indulging after getting our exercise out of the way that morning! :)
