It was a cold morning and I felt a little underdressed in a singlet and arm warmers, but I was planning to give the best race effort I could give on this day. I arrived at the start line just a few minutes before the start gun. I studied my splits from last year to see how I could improve them. I decided my race strategy would be to stay under a 7:30 minute/mile to save enough for a strong second half. The strategy worked out perfectly:
Split Pace
1 - 6:44
2 - 7:28
3 - 7:10
4 - 7:20
5 - 7:12
6 - 7:11
7 - 6:29
Finish: 00:45:20
Despite having breathing problems due to congestion and forgetting to take the single energy gel that I carried, I beat my former PR by over two minutes!
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
2015 R&B Half Marathon Recap
It felt like I had to work harder than I did in the race just two weeks ago, but I ended up within a minute of that finish time. I stayed with a fellow RHC runner for more than half the race and it was thanks to him that I stayed on my target pace. It's amazing to feel like this is the "new normal" for my half marathon times. I took a look back at all of my race journal entries and it reminded me of how far I've come. It's hard to believe that I've been running for a decade now, but I feel as strong as ever.
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