i am going to run the weather channel half in Atlanta on thanksgiving morning.
it will be my first half and i'm not sure what to expect. i'm stepping up from 10k's.
my training is going good so far, i am up to 35 a week with 10 mile longs.
i hope to keep a steady pace for the entire distance on race day and finish in 2:11:00 or better.
10:00 pace is a good pace for me, i think i can go 9:30-9:40 though.
My next race will also be a half, it's in Auburn,Ala. I am also going to run the ING Georgia marathon in March. It will be my first marathon.I shooting for sub 4 hour time.
I am waiting to hear if i got in to Nike Womens Marathon in SF in October. Near term, i think i am gonna do a sprint duathlon in gainesville in May and then some trail races hopefully.
so! last saturday i capped off a 90 mile week with a race. i was tired and not expecting to do particularly well, just intended to use it as a workout with some friends. i felt like i was going soooooooo slow and possibly approaching death but low a…
41:19, but the interesting thing is that two weeks later, I ran a half marathon that was on the same course as the 10k (just rearranged a bit, with a few miles added), and if I had run the 10k at the same pace I ran my half marathon, I would have go…