NCR 1/2 Marathon

[marathoner452]

Some days you have it, some days you just don’t. Ran the first 5.5 miles at an easy pace (10-10:30), then was supposed to pick it up to marathon pace (9:10) for the rest of the race. Well, that didn’t happen. Ran 5 miles at 9-9:20 pace, then just lost it and jogged it in for a finish around 2:10. Not a bad race by any measure, but not my best effort either.

I did get to meet and talk with a bunch of other marathoners-in-training, which is always fun. Long runs/races are boring when you just do them by yourself. Turns out the woman I was running with ran her first marathon last spring in DC in 4:40, ran the Annapolis 10 Miler at the end of August (great race), and is training towards/tapering for Baltimore in 2 weeks. Great fun.

Next up: 6×800 in 4:00 or less with 400 recovery in 2 days.

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Comments

[black-op.livejournal.com]

Nope, my race is next week. You must have been sympathizing with someone else. Perhaps a runner distress signal from another state bounced off a low flying cloud.

[marathoner452.livejournal.com]

Whoops, I could have sworn the Army 10-Miler was this weekend. Good luck next weekend then-I'll be thinking about you all when I'm out in Michigan.

~Bethany