So Young1 was right - running a great half marathon really got me back on track. I ran a 1:39:24 yesterday at my half marathon which gave me a PR by about 21 minutes (granted the last HM I had run was about 5 years ago). The hills were not too bad but the headwinds were brutal from mile 9-12. Other than that the weather was perfect - cool, cloudy and no snow.

Mainly I attribute it to the fact that I have 5 more years of running in overall. What I do contribute a bit to streaking is that I felt a lot more comfortable running the race than I usually do at longer distances. With streaking comes more miles, with more miles comes more comfort at distances I think.