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Location:

MA,USA

Member Since:

Jul 06, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

5 miles: 30 min 7/4/09

Hartford Half Marathon: 1:24:34    11/10/2009

Short-Term Running Goals:

run a 5 min mile

Break 30 min for 5 miles

New Goal: Break 27 minutes for a 5 mile 

break 20 min for 5K

run 1:30 half marathon New Goal: run a 1:20 half marathon

run sub 3 hour marathon

Long-Term Running Goals:

same as above plus stay healthy and happy

Personal:

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Asics 1130 Lifetime Miles: 151.90
Asics 1140 Lifetime Miles: 211.50
Sat, Oct 10, 2009
Race: Hartford ING Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:24:00, Place overall: 43, Place in age division: 1
Running MilesSwimming YardsBike Miles
13.100.000.00

Ran my first race ever which was a half marathon.. Towards mile 6 I started to get tired and decided to slow myself down a little bit. Miles 6-8 were probably my weakest and the ones I felt the most tired in. The rest of the race went by pretty fast, and I started to pick the pace back up around mile 11. I finished with a time of 1:24, which is 6:23 minute miles on average. Throughout the race I did not feel like I had trouble breathing, but my muscles were the first part of my body to become tired. It was an awesome experience and I loved how the crowd was pushing you along the entire way. 

Asics 1140 Miles: 13.10
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Comments
From allie on Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 14:16:21 from 67.177.43.41

excellent time. congrats!

From Sasha Pachev on Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 15:15:11 from 192.168.1.1

Good work! 1:24:38 is a good result to start with (I found the results at http://www.comfortinc.com/cgi-bin/liveresults?EventFile=0D7DCC3E-HARTFORDHALF). Gives you elite status next year in this race, and in a good number of other races.

Only 1:14 away from money and you were actually catching her. She went through the 10 K in 36:59, your split was 39:13. So you closed a minute on her from 10 K to the finish.

Note that your average through 10 K was 6:20, so there is no way you could have run 6:10 through the first 4-5 miles unless you stopped or slowed down to a very slow jog shortly before the 10 K mark. So you really did not go out too fast, and did not die too badly.

From Brooke13 on Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 15:25:45 from 128.36.151.150

Haha ok good. I think this was a good building block but def feel like I can continue to drop minutes from here

From jtshad on Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 15:31:24 from 69.20.183.178

Great race and awesome time!

From Nan Kennard on Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 18:01:37 from 174.51.250.151

Nice race! Sweet time! Did you eat/drink anything during the race? I find that a few more calories help my legs go hard for longer. For instance, in a half marathon I'll take gu and chase it with water at mile 4 and again at mile 8. I'll also have a couple of cups of gatorade at other points if they offer it.

From josse on Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 18:15:22 from 70.192.145.57

Great job on your first race! You are going to great things keep it up.

From Barry on Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 21:10:51 from 72.24.220.35

Wow that is an awesome time, congratulations!

From Burt on Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 22:39:09 from 98.167.151.26

Congratulations! That's awesome.

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