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Location:

New York,NY,USA

Member Since:

Nov 19, 2013

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

5K PR = 18:47 (Winter 2014)

10K PR = 39:24 (Fall 2012)

13.1 PR = 1:31:24 (Spring 2014)

Short-Term Running Goals:

1:30 Half Marathon

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Stay injury free.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Swimming Lifetime Miles: 43450.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
20.000.0013.100.0033.10
Kinvara 5 (Blue) Miles: 33.10Hard Running Minutes Miles: 95.00Easy Running Minutes Miles: 175.00
Race: Calrsbad Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:34:46, Place overall: 48, Place in age division: 10
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.0013.100.0013.10

I signed up for the Carlsbad Half Marathon months ago after one great run into my recovery from a hamstring injury. But, as usual, the recovery wasn't smooth, and there were lots of iffy runs for every great run over the last 3 or 4 months. I wasn't ready to race this half. I even tried, unsuccessfully, to sell my bib. But in the end I'm glad I ran the race.

I had vigorous debates with myself (and Penny) about how I should run the race. Training run? Best efforts? Fun run? Pace someone else? By Saturday, I had settled on a training run. 8:00ish with a fast 5K to fininsh, if and only if my leg felt good. Why risk a hamstring setback for a race I could not get close to placing or PRing in?

I stuck to this plan all of 1mile once the race began. I had memorized my splits from last year's Carlsbad Half, and I finished the first mile in exactly the same time. Miles 2-4 were also almost spot on last year's splits. That's when I knew I had to stop checking my watch. I didn't want to push myself into besting last year's time. So I ran miles 5 to the end watchless.

I went by effort and tried to be comfortable in my stride and breathing. My leg never hurt, not even a twinge of tightness on a hill. I also set my pace by trying to continuously pass the next person in front of me, one at a time.

The new plan of running comfortable also fell by the wayside in the last two miles. My leg was feeling fine, and I started pushing the pace a little bit more, as the next person in front of me got harder and harder to catch. It was a pretty hard effort at the end, 8 out of 10. I finished in 1:34:46, about 1 minute slower than last year, and my third slowest half marathon to date.

It was a risky to push the hamstring like this. It was ready, or I got lucky, because I have no hamstring pain 24 hours later. I'm just experiencing normal post-race soreness, and happily, it is even soreness in both legs. So I know nothing is wrong. 

My gun time was 1:35:00, which I am taking as an auspicious sign of good things to come in 2015!

Split Time Distance Elevation Gain Elevation Loss Avg Pace
1 07:31.8 1 51 30 7:32
2 07:12.2 1 -- 54 7:12
3 07:25.3 1 39 -- 7:25
4 07:11.0 1 -- 39 7:11
5 07:19.5 1 44 -- 7:19
6 07:11.6 1 14 14 7:12
7 07:17.4 1 49 32 7:17
8 07:03.1 1 38 51 7:03
9 06:59.2 1 -- 0 6:59
10 06:55.2 1 32 47 6:55
11 07:11.4 1 7 -- 7:11
12 07:04.0 1 42 30 7:04
13 06:52.6 1 -- 51 6:53
14 01:32.1 0.23 -- -- 6:38
 Summary 1:34:46.3 13.23 316 350 7:10

Kinvara 5 (Blue) Miles: 13.10Hard Running Minutes Miles: 95.00
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Brandon's yoga class. Sore in IT bands and muscles around ankles, shins.

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ART appointment. Best I've been in 4 months!

Classic yoga at Yoga One. Legs sore.

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Very easy on Ocean Beach bike path. Lingering fatigue from Sunday's race.

Kinvara 5 (Blue) Miles: 10.00Easy Running Minutes Miles: 90.00
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Easy miles early in nyc on Hudson river path. Haven't run on this path since trial w penny in January and February 2013. Fun to relive those moments today

Kinvara 5 (Blue) Miles: 4.00Easy Running Minutes Miles: 35.00
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Easy run in DC, Capital Crescent Trail and Georgetown.

Kinvara 5 (Blue) Miles: 6.00Easy Running Minutes Miles: 50.00
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Kinvara 5 (Blue) Miles: 33.10Hard Running Minutes Miles: 95.00Easy Running Minutes Miles: 175.00
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