Sub-90 Minutes for the Half Marathon (2011) (Read 6744 times)

ok...I promise?

I'll throw my hat (or sneakers) into the ring too. Ran a 1:31:32 at the Hartford half marathon in October, 2010 and I am not getting any younger. I'll be running the NYC half-marathon on 3/20/11 and will use that as a carrot to get through the snow drifts. 

I am in. I want this bad - if not this year, NEXT YEAR> Green Bay Marathon (HALF) on May 15. My PR there is 1:30:47 in 2007 on 22 miles per week avg. Unfortunately training for that half is when I messed up my hammys - too much quality work on low miles. You would think I would practice what preach. Last year I did 1:32:40 or so. This is first year I have not had to take time off in winter because of hammys. Training is cumulative so I anticipate a better time. I just need to add in more quality work and try to get my miles toward 30 which is a challenge with my lawnmower foot!

Okay, I'll try it. Put me down.

I managed 5 of those 6:52s today. Only 8.1 more to add to that. No, I probably could not do that tomorrow. Three months from now? Sure, why not.

Oh and how about calling the "Got it" side of the list "The Halfway House". As in, halfway to a 3:00 marathon.

mta: My half marathon PR of 1:34 is still the first one I ever did, almost 6 years ago. Sheesh. But I have not really concentrated on training for a half. I've run them injured, or in conjunction with a marathon the next day. My 25K (15.5 mile) PR pace on a very hilly course is actually 7 seconds faster than my half marathon PR pace. Go figure.

Okay, I'll try it. Put me down.

 

I managed 5 of those 6:52s today. Only 8.1 more to add to that. No, I probably could not do that tomorrow. Three months from now? Sure, why not.

 

Oh and how about calling the "Got it" side of the list "The Halfway House". As in, halfway to a 3:00 marathon.

 

mta: My half marathon PR of 1:34 is still the first one I ever did, almost 6 years ago. Sheesh. But I have not really concentrated on training for a half. I've run them injured, or in conjunction with a marathon the next day. My 25K (15.5 mile) PR pace on a very hilly course is actually 7 seconds faster than my half marathon PR pace. Go figure.

Not a bad idea, but for some peeps excelling at 5k-HM is where it's at. 

Im in.....sub 89 on March 12!

My point: I dunno when it is appropriate to start referring to oneself as a minute-based half marathoner without looking estupido.  It is somewhere below 90 (1:30). Probably way below.  I am going to go with 75 (1:15).

 

So people who have made the sub-1:30 goal are in the gray area on this.

It's not gray at all.  The beauty of the sub-90 minute half marathon is it is a giant loop hole in the "settle down" rules.  You can absolutely say "sub-90 minutes" because that's how people talk.  We schedule 90 minute meetings all the time.

But we don't schedule 89 minute meetings, or even 79 minute meetings.  Hell no.  Settle down.  No sir once you crack 90 you're back to having to use the colon sign when you discuss your half marathon goal, at least until you get under 70 minutes or so.

(These are my rules, I make them up as I go.)

Therefore, I think the title of this thread should be "Sub-90 minutes for the half marathon 2011."  Even though I'm here merely as an athletic supporter.

Get on it, Nads.