I really didn't have it in me to write about my training. When I'm not racing every weekend, the posts seem to blend together. I abandoned my SmartCoach plan in July and, on most days, ran as much and as fast as I felt like. It was the most pleasant training experience I've had.
On Saturday, Stef and I went up to Philadelphia for the Rock 'n' Roll Half. I had such a good time the last time I ran a race in Philadelphia (see what I did there?), I was looking forward to running in the city again. The course was flat, covering the center city area and the Schuylkill River trail. Before the race, Stef and I completed one of the items on my bucket list: running up the stairs of the Philadelphia Museum of Art -- Rocky style.
I may not have been in shape to run a sub-2:00 race, but I kept telling myself to run the first half somewhere in the neighborhood of a 9:00 to 9:30 pace and pick it up during the second. I kept an eye on my watch during the first half and noticed a few times when I was running a sub-9:00 and had to tell myself to pull back.
I started to lose steam in the second half of the race and never really pushed myself faster than I ran the first half of the race. According to my watch, I hit 13.1 around 2:04. My official race time is 2:05:07.
I feel good about this. I registered for the Richmond Half Marathon in November, and I intend to train. (For real.) It should help that fall running is much more pleasant than summer running. Between now and that half, I have the Army 10 Mile Race and the Marine Corps 10K.
The view from the top is amazing.
I may not have been in shape to run a sub-2:00 race, but I kept telling myself to run the first half somewhere in the neighborhood of a 9:00 to 9:30 pace and pick it up during the second. I kept an eye on my watch during the first half and noticed a few times when I was running a sub-9:00 and had to tell myself to pull back.
I started to lose steam in the second half of the race and never really pushed myself faster than I ran the first half of the race. According to my watch, I hit 13.1 around 2:04. My official race time is 2:05:07.
I feel good about this. I registered for the Richmond Half Marathon in November, and I intend to train. (For real.) It should help that fall running is much more pleasant than summer running. Between now and that half, I have the Army 10 Mile Race and the Marine Corps 10K.
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