2010: Goal Sub 1:40 Half (Read 2927 times)

Chris / Ivy,

 

Any updates on your recent races?  Hope all went well!

 

Sure. Chip time was 1:36:34. The report is buried back a page or two. I'm happy with the time and meeting my goal but, two weeks out, still trying to sort out what sort of factor going out so fast (22:00 first 5K), not warming up or stretching at all (excuse in report), and "holding it" for almost 10 miles played. I guess the only way to know is to run another, hopefully this spring. Right now I'm interested in seeing what my 5K looks like. It's been almost 4 months since my last.

Sorry meant Chris97z  as I think he was up last weekend.  If you could pull a 22:00 5k in route to 1:36 would say you have sub 20:00 (probably 19:30) in the bag.

 

Good job and good luck!

Yeah, I find myself answering to Chris often. Problem is, there's lots of us!

Sub 20 seems out of my league right now. I'll be happy to see if I can go under 21 and take it from there. I find running a good 5K hard. I'd rather string a few together and think of them as splits.

Good luck to everyone running this weekend.

 

Really? 

 

 

Thanks for *badgering* me.  I really enjoy those hard tempo runs but I tend to avoid the red line, perhaps, too much. I might be psyching myself out. I just looked at my log and it appears I'm flogging the hell out of the treadmill lately so, since I'll be running anyway, I might as well add a couple speed workouts to the mix and see what happens. After all, it's been 4 months and 12 lbs lost since my last 5K.

Going for my attempt at this tomorrow.

looks like the weather is going to be terrible but fingers crossed that it won't have a massive negative impact.

Im planning on breaking 1:40 this year.  Goal is actually 1:34:59. Current PR is 1:48:16.

Race is Capital City River Run on Sept 26.

Here's my report:

 

Got there right about an hour before the scheduled start, got bib and warmed up.  Turned on Garmin and battery was dead.  Oh well, Timex still worked.  Start was postponed about 12-13 minutes so more people could register and then the gun went off with no warning.  strange since they had announced new start at 11:15 but gun went off around 11:13.

 

My splits are all from memory.

 

Mile 4 was slightly over 30 clock

Mile 8 was under 60 clock, high 58s I think

Mile 10 was 1:14:10 or thereabouts on the clock
Mile 12 I can't remember, maybe 1:30:20s clock
last 1.1 I think I put in a good effort.  I probably could have pushed it a little more but I knew I was going to get what I came for and was happy with that. It'll make it easier to break this next time if I leave a little.

Nice course, great weather. Glad I brought the sunscreen. Easy course. The 2 hills weren't as bad as they looked on paper. Probably better to get that taller one over at mile 4. Last hill was pretty easy.

 

So chip came in at 11:37:44 with a gun time of 11:38:11.  Pretty much lined up with what training was showing.

 

Henry, congratulations, 1:37 is terrific!  That is a late start to a race, mine seem to start at 8:00am usually. Did you pace with or race against anyone specifically? Anything you would do differently next time?

Simon.

 

The start was into the noon sun but after running in the cold for the last few months it was great to be in shorts and short sleeves again.  The weather the last week was great for acclimating.  I was lucky with the pacing with each mile marker starting at 2 having a digital clock.  So I could pace with the gun time, my timex stopwatch and by feel.  I'd have done nothing differently, except not try to beat the traffic home.  The fish sandwiches smelt great but I had stuff to do at home.