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SamforMayo wrote: »Is the HM next weekend? Sounds like you are flying in training:D What are you aiming for?
Thanks! Yeah, it's next Sunday! *bites nails*
Aiming for under 1.55, but my plan is really to try and run every mile at 8.40 or below, and preferably keep most of them in and around the 8.30 mark.You will be well able for a 1:50 half, how do you find the club sessions
We'll see!
The club sessions are tough enough, and part of me spends the afternoon absolutely dreading them whenever they're on that evening, but I always end up loving them by the time they're over, and I'm on a high for the next day because of them.0 -
Good luck, you will fly it. What plan are you using? Im looking for half marathon plan at moment for HM in May.Thanks! Yeah, it's next Sunday! *bites nails*
Aiming for under 1.55, but my plan is really to try and run every mile at 8.40 or below, and preferably keep most of them in and around the 8.30 mark.
We'll see!
The club sessions are tough enough, and part of me spends the afternoon absolutely dreading them whenever they're on that evening, but I always end up loving them by the time they're over, and I'm on a high for the next day because of them.0 -
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This is going to be a short report because today ended up being a really uneventful race - I headed out at a comfortable pace and pretty much kept it up for the whole way round. I held back a bit at the start even though I felt I could have gone faster, but it probably paid off by the end. Average pace, according to my Garmin was 8.38, which I'm pleased with - it was within my target and my time is a good 4 minutes + off my previous HM time.
I can't do a mile by mile breakdown, because I can't even remember that much, so I'll just list points of note as they occur to me:
- The rain before the start was awful. I did not want to get out of the car. Luckily I warmed up about two miles into the race, and it died off before we'd got even half way round. Despite the rain, the weather wasn't cold - all in all, it was good running weather.
- The course was a real PB course. The 'hill' that I'd heard so much about didn't pose any bother to me either time. There were a couple of fake hills as well which amused me. A couple of times I could see the line of people ahead of me stretching up but when I got nearer, it felt like there was barely any slope at all.
- Was wearing my club singlet, so it was nice to hear people using the club name to shout me on. Although, having said that, most of the race had no spectators at all - very different to my first HM. About half way through, we passed the clubhouse & startline again, so the cheers there felt very special. Same as we approached the end.
- I don't know if this is a standard racing tactic, but it's a pattern I've fallen into in the last couple of races - I'll run up towards the person or group in front of me, keep pace for about 30 seconds and then pass them out and do it again. It's not that I'm trying to consciously beat them, but I always find that when I've caught up, their pace is slower than I want to run. It's great, actually, because I pretty much spent the entire race passing people out, including three people from my own club.
- I felt so strong coming up to the end. I'd kind of let my pace fall a bit in the twelfth mile, but when I checked my watch, I realised that I could make 1:53:xx if I picked it up again and I was able to put on a burst of speed. I'll have to double check when the video goes up later, but I think I even passed someone out on the approach to the finish line.
Overall, I'm on top of the world. I loved the race, and I'm really starting to appreciate the atmosphere of club races, the more I do of them. I'm delighted with my time, especially as I only signed up so recently. I'd like to knock another 9 minutes off it by the end of the year so we'll see if I can... I also (and I'm being wildly optimistic here) think that it sets me up with a possible sub-4 hour time in the marathon in October. Which I am definitely going to do now. So, yeah! Apologies for the poor race report to anyone reading it. 0 -
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Well done again Vitani, club sessions paying off
I think so! Best decision I've made about my running. I'm going to become one of those annoying people on here who's answer to every query is 'have you joined a club?'
SamforMayo wrote: »Great stuff, all your training paid off, you could definitely go sub 4 in DCM, I did with a higher HM time than that!
Oh, that fills me with hope!
It's starting to feel like a real possibility now.Great report vitani, don't be apologising at all. I'd be the same trying to write a race report. I can't understand how anyone can remember each mile of a race:eek: No way I could. The whole thing pretty much a blur by the time the finish line comes round!
Great day for you and sets you up nicely going towards marathon training and definitely many many more minutes to be taken off that time in the next few months!
Yeah, I think I was too busy enjoying it to remember most of it. It's a great boost to have a half under my belt so early in the year - it should set me up really nicely for the big one.0 -
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