| St Louis Track Club Half Marathon day - I was optimistic that despite the fact that I hadn't ran a single step since the Hartford Marathon, I would have a good race, with toughts of breaking 2 hours. Race start was at 8am, but there was a walkers start at 7am, and Judy was planning on mostly walking, so she got started at 7am. Race started at 8:05 and I knew after the first mile I was going to have trouble keeping a good pace. I felt pretty good overall, but my heart rate was high. First mile I ran in 9:40, with an average heart rate of 170. Second mile was 9:33 with an average of 179, and rthe third mile at 9:22 with a heart rate of 179. After that I started slowing down, running 10:46, 10:50, 11:16 (shot block mile), 10:21, 11:01, 11:00, a 1 minute nearly .1 mile to get back on the mile markers, and then a 11:52. About a quarter mile into mile 11, I caught up with Judy, and I figured I would just walk in with her from there. So overall 10.33 miles in 1:49:11, avg pace of 10:34, average heart rate of 175. Even though my heart rate was high, I didn't feel winded or that I was pushing too hard while running, it was a bit odd. Perhaps it was from the fact that I had so little sleep the weekend before due to the Gathering and eating/drinking too much... and still having a bit of a gathering hangover. Overall time for the 13.1 miles was 2:40:07, average pace of 12:14. Great weather for the Marathon, shame I didn't feel up to running hard (: |
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