Notes
Fox Cities Half Marathon.
60 degrees at start, 70 at finish with humidity. Warmth affected my performance. Marathoners had it tough. I had to back off some after mile one to find my steady zone. Could not hold 735 I didn't feel. Held that 7:50 ish pace and HR until last 5K where I picked it up. It was tough. Mind said go, legs were not on board. Last mile was all guts honestly. I went to another place to find more. Very strong strong 721 pace last mile. Proud of my race toughness. Kind of surprised myself. Ran last 5K at avg 7:35 pace to get a negative split. Stomach felt good. Body overall felt good. Back held up after a flare up scare on Fri/Sat. Used my MarcPro in bed all night Sat night. Woke up much better. Felt I raced my best with the fitness I had going in especially without a lot of training in August. Very happy even though my time was not fast overall but I have to accept slowing times with the age I am at and weight I am at. I am cool with it.
1:42:44. 4th out of 36 in age group
Avg HR 160 Max 179
Mile 1 735 152
2 754 156
3 743 159
4 747 158
5 757 159
6 748 159
7 752 159
8 759 161
9 755 161
10 755 161
11 747 164
12 752 165
13 721 169
Last .2 run at 608 pace