Running To Beat Mark

Ran the half marathon course for Lincoln Half Marathon. Started at slower pace as a warm up for first two miles. Did sub 7:00 pace for the next 10 miles. Finished at the slower pace again as cool down. Five weeks to marathon legs feeling good. 

Parent Teacher conferences tonight, so not a lot of time to run. Got three miles in before it was too dark easier day to recover from yesterday.

Shorter speed work day by myself 14 200's at 30-32 Seconds and 6 300's at 48-53 seconds.

Warm up and cool down 1.5 miles each.

Ran with the track team today. JV runners had a meet last night and varsity has a meet tomorrow so easier days for both of the groups. I ran five and a half with the JV two miler at a fairly easy pace, was able to have a conversation throughout the whole run. Finished with 8x100m strides. I did not time the run today to make sure it was at an easier pace.

This morning I was able to get a workout in because school started later than usual. I did 10x1mile with the goal of each mile being sub 7:00. I thought about doing more or going for a faster time but I have a half marathon saturday and decided this would be a quality workout and hopefully still leave enough in the tank for saturday. The warmup was the first mile, I jogged a 300 for rest between each mile, and did a mile cool down to get me around the twelve and a half mile mark. The splits were 

1- 6:58 again the warmup   2. 6:44   3- 6:40

4- 6:33   5- 6:27   6- 6:17    7- 6:38

8- 6:38   9- 6:46    10- 6:54

Overall one of my stronger workouts in a long time. I hope the legs still have a little something left saturday. 

Travel day to Illinois for the Lincoln Memorial Half Marathon. Did three mile jog in the cool morning air. Feel ready to go for tomorrow. 

Perfect weather for the race this weekend. I believe it was 50's for most of the race. Started with my wife behind the 1:50 pace group (she ended up running a pr of 1:47!) And the first two-three miles were filled with a lot of weaving through traffic. I did not wear a watch and have no clue of my mile splits because the race did not track each mile. I felt good pretty much the whole race, my legs began to feel tired from the weeks workout after mile 7. Miles 7-12 are where the hills are in this course and that definitely took its toll on my legs. My goal was to have a time under 1:30 to help me feel the pacing I need for Boston. The 1:29:58 is also a PR for me so am excited about that. I did roughly a mile warmup and cool down before and after the race to get me to the fifteen. Overall felt good, got to see Mark, the runner whose PR's I am chasing and my old college coach! Now four weeks to the marathon!