2019 Chicago Half Marathon - Race Recap

I ran the 2019 Chicago Half Marathon for an 8 minute PR! I posted my race video yesterday, but here is the detailed commentary. It's super long, so here are the timestamps in case you'd like to skip around. 1:13 rain 2:16 shuttles 3:56 gear check 4:32 filming equipment 5:09 warmup 5:41 Corrals and a bumpy start 7:27 the first 5k 8:34 hydration strategy 10:24 first gel at 4.5 miles 11:48 8.3 mile mark 13:15 Vaporfly Next % in wet conditions 16:30 Maurten CAF100 at 9.5 miles 18:11 running scared 20:45 home stretch 23:51 gear check problems 24:43 post race beer 25:57 thank you 2019 Chicago Half Marathon Race Plan    • 2019 Chicago Half Marathon Plan   2019 Chicago Half Marathon Race Video    • 2019 Chicago Half Marathon - A Long Overdu...   Thanks for watching! Leave a comment to let me know you stopped by! Running footage shot on: GoPro Hero 7 Black https://amzn.to/2x6Mu4K iPhone 11 Pro https://www.apple.com/iphone/ --- ------- strava:   / strava   twitter:   / wordofko   instagram:   / kofuzi   etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/Kofuzi subscriber count at time of upload: 26,763 end card music: Jim Yosef - Checkered   / jim-yosef-checkered