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Originally posted by triguy1043

Whats everyone have on tap for this weekend?

Its been NASTY in NY so training has been hindered. Hoping to get back aftyer it this week!!

Originally posted by bwingate

Saturday's half-marathon went well. Not great, but good enough. I'm going to try to do a regular race report, but here is my synopsis:

Frozen Penguin Half Marathon, Shore Road Park, Bay Ridge Brooklyn
Time: 1:59:52
Place OA: 169 out of 326
Place AG: 25 out of 36

It was cold but not too terribly cold - maybe low thirties when the race started and a slight headwind on the out part of the out-and-back loop. I took mass transit to the race which added some anxiety but was better than hunting around for parking. I did however arrive "late." I got to the starting line only 15 minutes before the race started - I was confused with start times and thought the race would start at 10:30, not the real time of 10:00. I struggled to get stuff out of my backpack, change and then get to the starting line. I decided not to wear my Fuel Belt - big mistake.

This was a small race - even smaller than I thought. It was a bit of a relief to have a small field and a course that clears out within a half mile.I also knew that the cold weather would scare away some of the volunteers. That's why I brought the hydration belt. I was right too - either through misfortune or design, there were only 3 water stops along the course (maybe 4). It was just water and it was COLD water. I cannot drink really cold liquids during a run - it stings too much. I was really hoping for water at least every two miles.

The course was a flat out-and-back double loop: 4.8 miles and 8.4 miles each. And flat - I do not think there was more than 5 feet of elevation change. This is also the path that I trained for the '97 NYC Marathon on mostly. It was a rough asphalt path back then but the Parks Department has repaved and widened the path - it is pretty nice now. It was also open to the public but that was limited to a few walkers, fishermen and one roller blader. No vehicle traffic at all.

My performance was OK. Based on my pacing, I should have come in closer to 1:55 or 1:56, but at mile 11, I ran out of steam a bit. Probably a combination of lack of fluids and lack of longer run training, especially outdoors. So at mile 11, I walked a minute and ran a half mile and repeated that about 3 times.

What would I do different for next time: Bring my Fuel Belt no matter what - the lack of fluids and a little sugar hurt me in the end (I drank like a fish for the rest of the day and did not pee until after dinner) And next winter I have to get outside for long runs. Time to bring back screw shoes (homemade cleats)so that I can get traction and get outside. I'll also have to HTFU and deal with the cold better. And, I have to train more consistently - my training weeks have been too up and down. For March, I joined a Strava challenge for training mileage - that should help motivate me to get outside.

Here's to better weather - we should hit 40 by the end of the week!!

Originally posted by lsousa

I'm finally starting to get some nice weather, this week it has been around 60F average without clouds, awesome! I was really missing sun, since the beginning of the year that we had rain/clouds almost every single day!

This weekend I'm having an half marathon, I wasn't keen on doing it, but I won an entry ticket on a contest two weeks ago so I'll do it. I'm not sure on what my time expectations should be, I was sidelined on the last two weeks of February with a cold, and honestly I still feel my running form hasn't returned, I'll probably try to stay close to a pace maker and try to hang on until the end.

Originally posted by lsousa

I'm finally starting to get some nice weather, this week it has been around 60F average without clouds, awesome! I was really missing sun, since the beginning of the year that we had rain/clouds almost every single day!

This weekend I'm having an half marathon, I wasn't keen on doing it, but I won an entry ticket on a contest two weeks ago so I'll do it. I'm not sure on what my time expectations should be, I was sidelined on the last two weeks of February with a cold, and honestly I still feel my running form hasn't returned, I'll probably try to stay close to a pace maker and try to hang on until the end.