Notes
Columbus Half Marathon--12th Place (9919 total half runners)<b>OFFICIAL RACE TIME: 1:10.08 (5:20avg)</b><b></b>It would have been nice to been 1sec per mile quicker or 2 spots higher but really happy with this result. This is my 4th fastest half marathon and my best time since 2009(year I ran my PR). This was my 2nd fastest time while preping for a marathon which is really important data to me. My fastest half while prepping for full was 1:09.50s but on a much tougher course but still right on track to maybe my best marathon shot at a decent time in 3 weeks! Splits: 5:22-5:17-5:15-5:20-5:20 (26:36)5:11-5:25-5:22-5:11-5:26 (53:13) *32:56 at 10K5:27-5:26-5:19-40's(some of those seconds really should be counted in other miles)Over the last 2 years since PR I have been on pace for another sub 1:10 now 4 times (Shamrock, MB, OBX, and today) but just seem to slip away over the last 5K. But all have been used in prep for upcoming marathon. So I still think I can get back down to 1:07's if I ever shoot for strictly half marathon geared training. Back to a work for a couple high mileage weeks then drop down big time the week of the Marathon. I'm seeing I don't like to taper and ran this race during a modest drop to almost 80mile week which is another positive in my book.I'll be making a more detailed race recap on my blog tomorrow.