Wednesday, May 01, 2013
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Eugene Marathon
Official time: 3:53:56
Great race, good weather, enough variety in the course to keep it interesting, awesome spectator support, well-organized overall and the parts of the course along the river were beautiful.
I had forgotten my watch at home so I decided to run as I feel. This translated into classic Cherl: too fast to start and a slow death after mile 22. I suspected I might be in trouble when the 3:35 pacer came up alongside me at mile 11 (this is way too fast for me to maintain). I stayed with them until a small hill at mile 16, passing the halfway point around 1:42 (faster than my HM times). I started to really fall off track around mile 22-23 and basically shuffled my way to the finish. Running up from the bike path, along Agate and into Hayward Field was incredible. Great way to finish a marathon!
The Good: My official finish time was 3:53:56. That's an ELEVEN minute PR for me. I'll be over the moon for days!
The Bad: I ran the first half in about 1:42 and the second half in 2:10. Oops. That's ugly.
Great race, good weather, enough variety in the course to keep it interesting, awesome spectator support, well-organized overall and the parts of the course along the river were beautiful.
I had forgotten my watch at home so I decided to run as I feel. This translated into classic Cherl: too fast to start and a slow death after mile 22. I suspected I might be in trouble when the 3:35 pacer came up alongside me at mile 11 (this is way too fast for me to maintain). I stayed with them until a small hill at mile 16, passing the halfway point around 1:42 (faster than my HM times). I started to really fall off track around mile 22-23 and basically shuffled my way to the finish. Running up from the bike path, along Agate and into Hayward Field was incredible. Great way to finish a marathon!
The Good: My official finish time was 3:53:56. That's an ELEVEN minute PR for me. I'll be over the moon for days!
The Bad: I ran the first half in about 1:42 and the second half in 2:10. Oops. That's ugly.
Sunday, March 31, 2013
March: 172.31
172.31: The most miles I've run in a single month. Ever.
That feels pretty amazing. This month's total exceeded my April 2011 total. I was close a couple of times but it took me two years to run more miles for a new high. Awesome.
That feels pretty amazing. This month's total exceeded my April 2011 total. I was close a couple of times but it took me two years to run more miles for a new high. Awesome.
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Friday, February 01, 2013
January: 102.52 miles
Motivation has been low since CIM in early December. The second half of January my running finally began to turn around. Not as many miles as I would like this month, but all were quality (fast!) miles. That's been feeling pretty good. Most of my miles have also been solo or with Mike, not with the local running group. I just can't do the 5am wakeup call more than once a week when it's so cold outside. Sill not sure just how ready I'll be for Eugene at this point, but I'll be as ready as I can be!
Monday, January 07, 2013
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