Your toughness is made up of equal parts persistence and experience. You don't so much outrun your opponents as outlast and outsmart them, and the toughest opponent of all is the one inside your head." - Joe Henderson
Prince of Fatness
The timing of Lehigh Half is PERFECT. I plan to race that all out.
Not at it at all.
Future running partner.
5 weeks to go. Just curious, what time are you shooting for in this race? Oh, and looking forward to finally meeting you next weekend.
I see you've increased your mileage the last couple of months. That's great. I see some big PR's coming soon for you!
I'm shooting to get as close to 1:45 as I can.
I think you have a good shot at it based on that 19 miler you just ran. Nice run. It might not be a bad idea in the next few weeks to go out and run a few miles a 8 minute pace just to get the feel of it.
Well I did it! I BQ"D at Run for the Red. Not only did I BQ but I did something I didn't think I could do. I ALMOST ran perfectly even splits for both halves. First half was 1:53:22 and last half was 1:53:55. Now this race is ALOT like Steamtown however the hills are steeper and longer and like Steamtown, come mile 22 the hills start again. Unlike Steamtown last year I didn't do the pace buddy on my Garmin, in fact I barely paid attention to it once I got it started right. I wore it cause I wanted a record of my splits. Unfortunately I didn't start the race with satalite so I have missing milage and missing time from when I turned if off then turned it back on etc. Due to that I didn't bother paying much attention to it cause I knew the data would be off. SOooooooooo I went by feel. Made sure I held back on the down hills to make sure I had plenty of energy for the whole race and also so I didn't kill my quads. Anyway I think that has got to be the smartest run I've ever ran!
MTA: I passed 71 people during the second half and was passed by ONLY 1 !
I passed 71 people during the second half and was passed by ONLY 1 !
Isn't passing people fun? From the pictures in your report you looked in control the whole way.
Anyway, I have two questions ....
Now that the BQ pressure is off what will be your focus the rest of the year?
Are you running the 5K next Wednesday? I am planning on being there.
Isn't passing people fun? From the pictures in your report you looked in control the whole way. Anyway, I have two questions .... Now that the BQ pressure is off what will be your focus the rest of the year? Are you running the 5K next Wednesday? I am planning on being there.
Yes passing people is GREAT. I felt in control the whole way which is NOT how I expected to BQ.
Well I'm signed up for a 100 miler after Saturdays 100k HOWEVER I'm leaning on maybe not doing that and focusing on Steamtown in November. I plan on running all the 5k's in the Lehigh series. Whether I do or not will depend on how i'm feeling after this weekend. This summer will be sprinkled with as many 5k's as I can get in and maybe a couple of half marathons as well.
This summer will be sprinkled with as many 5k's as I can get in and maybe a couple of half marathons as well.
This is a problem for me with running a marathon in September. I cannot find a half other than a trail race in the weeks leading up to the race. Not even a 10K. It's hard to find races over 5K in the summer. Oh well, 5K's are better than nothing.
Good luck with the 100K!
This is a problem for me with running a marathon in September. I cannot find a half other than a trail race in the weeks leading up to the race. Not even a 10K. It's hard to find races over 5K in the summer. Oh well, 5K's are better than nothing. Good luck with the 100K!
I here ya there. I ended up doing the CHarlie horse half marathon and the double trouble 30k before Lehigh marathon in 2007. Not exactly a smart move considering I twisted my ankle pretty bad at the end of the 30k.
Thanks!