Well, that went better than expected
Oct. 4th, 2009 07:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
krislaughsRan the half marathon this morning. Whew.
I'm not entirely sure what to think about it. I went in knowing my training was not quite up to snuff (averaging 10-11 minute miles, with my longest long-run at 11.5 miles total, minimal speed or strength work) but I ran the first 5k in almost my 5k race time. I scheduled minute-long walking breaks for myself at miles 4, 8, and 11; I read about this strategy some time back, and found it really improved my training stamina, so I figured I'd try it in the race. It didn't keep miles 9-13 from hurting like a bi-otch, but I did have a good speed kick after each break.
Overall, I finished averaging 8:40 minute/miles (including walks) until the last three, which brought my overall pace down to 9 min/mile, recorded a personal best of 1:57:57 (2,692nd place out of like 12,000 overall), spent the rest of the day lounging around in bed, pretty darn pleased with myself even though I know I could have finished stronger with better training.
How was your weekend?
I'm not entirely sure what to think about it. I went in knowing my training was not quite up to snuff (averaging 10-11 minute miles, with my longest long-run at 11.5 miles total, minimal speed or strength work) but I ran the first 5k in almost my 5k race time. I scheduled minute-long walking breaks for myself at miles 4, 8, and 11; I read about this strategy some time back, and found it really improved my training stamina, so I figured I'd try it in the race. It didn't keep miles 9-13 from hurting like a bi-otch, but I did have a good speed kick after each break.
Overall, I finished averaging 8:40 minute/miles (including walks) until the last three, which brought my overall pace down to 9 min/mile, recorded a personal best of 1:57:57 (2,692nd place out of like 12,000 overall), spent the rest of the day lounging around in bed, pretty darn pleased with myself even though I know I could have finished stronger with better training.
How was your weekend?
