Melbourne Marathon (Half) - RunHalf Marathon

My execution plan was this:
0-10k: @ or below 165 bpm
10-18k: 165-172bpm
19k: steady at 172bpm
bring it home by gunning it.
It went perfectly. I have SUCH good control over HR while running now, and it's gotten to the point where I can sense slight deviations in HR (~2bpm) by feel. This was really well done.

Figure out just how much more I could push in the last 4kms or so. I finished really strong, but not tired at all. I taxed myself aerobically at the end, but didn't trash my legs enough overall in the run. It was a GOOD effort, no doubting that, but it wasn't all out... I'm still really proud of what I achieved, almost a 10' PR from just 6 months ago.

Walked around, stretched, ate bananas and drank Powerade, met up with friends that were cheering me on, chilled at a cafe in the spring sun.


- Mental strength of knowing just how far I can push before imploding
- More speed work, more hill work will get me to be a speedier runner in this short course stuff.


The one thing that saves this race is that SO many people do it. The course isn't exactly beautiful (it skirts the city, stays mainly in Southbank/Albert Park, but city running isn't awesome. There wasn't enough Powerade at the drink stations (too much water) also. But... there were 9000 people running the half-marathon, and countless more doing a marathon, 10k and shorter distances. It was pretty epic running with all those people. I had fun, and most of all I beat a 'friend' of mine that thinks he's sort of a hotshot. I beat him by a LONG SHOT.