Calgary Police Half Marathon - RunHalf Marathon

It was borderline freezing when I got dressed, so I debated the thermal tights vs the running compression shorts. Top was underarmor with the long sleeve race shirt. Dunno how people raced in full coats+toques+mitts.

Last few races I've run with my training partner Brian (we're both doing IM France) however he's done several mars, imc, deathrace, etc where I'm a coucher up until 2 years ago so he pulls me along.

We decided to go 15/km secs faster than our last HM (1:46 in Sept) and it went really well. Was still able to speak but not hold a conversation. Legs and feet felt fine - a few sharp pains but they didn't stick around.

First 10K of the race was about 1 min quicker than my fastest standalone 10K race so that will be interesting to see in 2 weeks (yearly 10K) how the winter base running has helped.

When 5K left, he was gassed but I wasn't so I bumped it up a bit. Ended up crossing just about 1 min faster which was great motivation for the IM race.


Go a little harder in the first 4K or so, up the pace a bit more to get the HR up to 160. I still had a bit too much juice at the end for sprinting/speed.

Walked it off, some stretching. Waited for Dan (1:48ish) and Connie (2:40)

Then a big breakfast at Ricky's grill, and home for a hot tub.




Tried to be near the front but there were still 100s of slow(er) people in front, and running beside each other. Threading the needle in that first 2K was a pain in the ass. If you're walking after 5 mins, gtf to the back.




Good race. 14 mins faster than last year, 6 mins faster than last HM in Sept.