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Alright so this is my second half marathon. My first half was the same race last year. Last year, I did it in 1:44:04 with GI problems in the last 3 miles of the race. Could have done better but oh well.
I tried to train for 12 weeks for this race. It's not a very structured program but my plan of action was to build mileage up to the first 6 weeks. After the first 6 weeks, incorporate speed work. I worked my way up from 25 miles up to 60 mile weeks which was hard! Some people would see the increase too much since it was not under the 5% norm. Oh well.
Also, the week before the race, I got sick with cough and colds which sidelined me for a week. The week of the race, I was only able to run once. So the two weeks prior to the race I only ran twice for a total of 13 miles.
Race Day:
Due to the sickness, I pretty much threw out any super expectations for the race. I sure wanted to break 90 minutes since I was able to do a 12-mile 80 minute run just before I got sick.
I also started lat on my wave since the line to the porta potty was long and it was a 30 minute wait in the line. Knowing my history last year, I downed a couple of immodiums when I woke up and forced myself to go before the race
I started with the 1:58 pacers since that was the group that I caught when I started. My general plan was to never to have a pace under 6:50. I stuck to that pace like flies on sh!t...
I felt really good on the first half of the run. First four miles were great! I had to verbally tell myself to slow down when I started to hit along the vicinity of 6:30 miles 'coz I don't want to run out of gas.
Heard a couple of my running friends shout out my name and I shout back at them and waved.
At miles 5 and 6, I got into a rhytm and went a little bit faster that I wanted to. Logic got the best of me and I slowed down again on miles 7 and 8.
Mile 9 was the turn around point and I told myself that it was time to kick it up a notch so kick it up I did! At miles 9 and 10, I really didn't care what my pace was and I just decided I would go faster. At mile 11, the right knee started aching but I just told myself to not even think about it. I just told myself, you already got sub 90 so just go ahead and suck it up.
Mile 12 was I decided to go for broke. I was almost in a complete sprint on the first 800 meters. I slowed down a little bit but then I heard the announcer so I kicked it up again. I felt like a gazelle on the last 400 miles and I raised my hands on the finish shute.
Post Race:
I felt really good about this race. I guess being sick kinda helped me out. I'm definitely well rested for the race. I also didn't feel tired after the race. Average heart rate was 165 which is still a bit high considering I was maintaining 155s on tempo runs. I attribute that to adrenaline and I was still coughing a little bit. I'll be honest, I had dreams of breaking 85 minutes before I got sick but I forgot about it on race day. I also know that I could have probably gone a little bit faster at the start and somewhere along 6:35 miles but oh well...
So yeah, MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! I lowered my half marathon time by 17 minutes, came in at 1:27:29, and broke top 25 in the very fast 30-35M division. Now it's time to nurse the sore calves and right knee...
And more swimming and cycling for sure!
1 6:50.9 1.00 6:51
2 6:45.6 1.00 6:46
3 6:43.3 1.00 6:43
4 6:47.6 1.00 6:48
5 6:34.0 1.00 6:34
6 6:35.1 1.00 6:35
7 6:42.2 1.00 6:42
8 6:48.3 1.00 6:48
9 6:38.3 1.00 6:38
10 6:34.0 1.00 6:34
11 6:35.3 1.00 6:35
12 6:30.9 1.00 6:31
13 6:17.8 1.00 6:18
14 1:07.5 0.18 6:07
Summary 1:27:30.7 13.18 6:38