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Alan T · 09-15-2013, 02:55 PM

Well the race went far better than I imagined it would. Still on the way home so have not had a chance to sync my run yet, but I believe the half marathon time was possibly just under 1 hour 55 minutes.

Felt great most of the race. Completely just ignored my sore foot and pretended it was not there and cruised the first 8 miles -- pretty sure I have a new 10k PR in there somewhere too when I sync.

The weather was beautiful, didn't even need to drink anything the entire run. Only issue I ran into was a stupid side stitch around mile 9-10 which hampered me for about 15 minutes, but worked it out and finished strong. Most of the laps were in the 8:45 range, some as fast as 8:23-8:30 I seem to recall from my watch while running. Only slow laps was a 9:04 for the first lap as I was trying to dodge all the slow runners and then I think 9:20-9:25 when working out the side stitch for two miles.

Over all totally ecstatic as I made my big goal for the summer of a sub two hour half marathon as well as other various goals such as a new 10k PR mixed in. I don't think I ran any 5k segments fast enough for a new PR there, but will see when I sync.

Time to enjoy a few easy down weeks of running and biking while I figure out what my main winter goal will be. I am so pumped right now. Completely opposite of where I was earlier this week mentally.

09-15-2013, 02:55 PM	#777
Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	Well the race went far better than I imagined it would. Still on the way home so have not had a chance to sync my run yet, but I believe the half marathon time was possibly just under 1 hour 55 minutes. Felt great most of the race. Completely just ignored my sore foot and pretended it was not there and cruised the first 8 miles -- pretty sure I have a new 10k PR in there somewhere too when I sync. The weather was beautiful, didn't even need to drink anything the entire run. Only issue I ran into was a stupid side stitch around mile 9-10 which hampered me for about 15 minutes, but worked it out and finished strong. Most of the laps were in the 8:45 range, some as fast as 8:23-8:30 I seem to recall from my watch while running. Only slow laps was a 9:04 for the first lap as I was trying to dodge all the slow runners and then I think 9:20-9:25 when working out the side stitch for two miles. Over all totally ecstatic as I made my big goal for the summer of a sub two hour half marathon as well as other various goals such as a new 10k PR mixed in. I don't think I ran any 5k segments fast enough for a new PR there, but will see when I sync. Time to enjoy a few easy down weeks of running and biking while I figure out what my main winter goal will be. I am so pumped right now. Completely opposite of where I was earlier this week mentally. __________________ Couch to ??k - From the couch to a Marathon in roughly 18 months.