I ran the Vegetable Half-Marathon Sunday finishing 15th overall among the 1,504 participants in 1:20:38.
This race appears like it will be one of my few pure running events during what has become my "running season" -- the winter months from January to April.
I had fantasized about running 1:18 again, but that was a bit self-delusion given my condition these days (and the fact the course had a dozen 180-degree turns). The start on a track contributed to an over-zealous first 4k. I started to think negative panicky thoughts around the 4k mark and begun wimping out and slowing down. Fortunately I was able to man up and maintain roughly 19 minute per 5k pace for the next two loops. Here are my splits:
5k - 18:32
The run seemed like quite a struggle for me with many surges and slowing down -- relative to most all my other half-marathons in recent years, Chiang Mai, Arizona, Kanagawa, in which I seemed to cruise along straighter courses. Ultimately though I am pleased with the effort and will assume it represents my best possible time now.
This race appears like it will be one of my few pure running events during what has become my "running season" -- the winter months from January to April.
I had fantasized about running 1:18 again, but that was a bit self-delusion given my condition these days (and the fact the course had a dozen 180-degree turns). The start on a track contributed to an over-zealous first 4k. I started to think negative panicky thoughts around the 4k mark and begun wimping out and slowing down. Fortunately I was able to man up and maintain roughly 19 minute per 5k pace for the next two loops. Here are my splits:
5k - 18:32
10k - 37:38
15k - 56:40
20k - 1:16:25
Half - 1:20:38The run seemed like quite a struggle for me with many surges and slowing down -- relative to most all my other half-marathons in recent years, Chiang Mai, Arizona, Kanagawa, in which I seemed to cruise along straighter courses. Ultimately though I am pleased with the effort and will assume it represents my best possible time now.
2 comments:
Great splits... If you credit for 20 u-turns where you lost 7 seconds on each, you would be on for the 1.18
Yeah I want to credit myself 7-seconds for each u-turn, at least the ones on the third lap where we were battling crowds and it felt like going around a buoy in a crowded open-water swim. Can I give myself 2-seconds for each turn - the 40-second credit would put me under 80-minutes.
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