Sub 1:30 Half Marathon 2021 Edition (Read 448 times)

I'm just going to leave this here for giggles:

Actual result. Distance recorded is from Stryd.

New prediction based upon data from the TT:

Huh??? Keen I'm flabbergasted by that prediction. I'm going to call it 17:58.

I found a pacer and a flat course to time trial 2 miles tomorrow. I've asked him to go out at 6/mile and just let me hold on as long as I possibly can (blowing up is half the point of this). I know I can go more than a mile but I haven't run those paces at all lately and I'm starting to get nervous as if it's a real race.

JMac - It's awesome that April is doing so well in the car. Is she sleeping a lot of it, or is she awake? Is there a difference between how she does during the day and at night? Geez, these are some seriously lame dad questions...

The time trial was fun, but I definitely left a good amount of time out there simply because I'm quite out-of-touch with 5k race effort. Still, it was good to get in a hard effort, it's a good place to build from, and I can use this as another learning experience. Oh, and the Saucony Endorphin Pros are AWESOME.

Keen Did you like the Endorphin pros more than spikes? How did they feel on the curves?

I'm especially ashsamed given my love of classic rock! I'm currently driving cross country (just arrived in Indiana) and spent the last 11 hours listening to Sirius/XMs top 1000 classic rock songs of all time. Just terrible.

 

On the plus side, April did very well the entire drive. I'll keep enjoying this while she's not mobile.

 

I'll be in Colorado for a month. I'm incredibly out of shape, but still looking forward to a few runs a week out there at 10K elevation. Just hope the roads are decent enough to run.

 

On the JD point: I've said this before about R pace. 200s are easy. 400s are not. RP - if you can do 10x400 right now and you find it relatively easy, your VDOT for R pace needs to increase (while potentially holding back other VDOTS, as Zebano has pointed out they may be different at different speeds).

 

His workouts usually peak at 12x400 and I am usuallly pretty fried at the end of it, while his 20x200 workout is one of the easiest out of all workouts he prescribes.

You're traveling? Big change in the last 10 months.

Thanks for the advice about the runs. I'll give 400s a shot I guess. I assume you're talking about doing them at the same R pace I used for the 200s. Unsure where I'll put other paces, since I don't actually have a race, and probably can't even BEGIN to think of training for a sub 3 attempt.

Doesn't it suck when life gets in the way of things? I thought I'd get my 50 miles in for the week but I've made other life choices and spent my time doing that. I should REALLY get serious about TRXing. Monday sounds like a better day for that.

Keen You almost broke 19 for the 5k? DAMN SON!

Mick I coudln't get on the track. Of all the places in California...Placer County is unlocked and has been for quite some time. Apparently it's one of the rarest things on the West Coast. A place where COVID 19 allows kids to go to school in person. It was really amusing to seek the groups (yes plural) of kids walking the track. I'd say about 10 of them shoulder to shoulder, and the groups were spaced out. The school put down a new fake grass football field. In 2019 when SeattleMax finished Western States I had the pleasure of running one turn, and one straight (about half actually) of the track.

Nice job CK!  We need to find you a fast 5K race.

Great job Keen!

Unfortunately I’ve picked up a cold. Learned my lesson from last November, and took a day off yesterday, and very short and easy today. Hopefully that sorts it out but I’m gonna play it pretty carefully with a race hopefully coming up next weekend.