Ran the Indianapolis Monumental Half Marathon today in 1:19:04 for 11th overall. Most excellent race. I was really worried going in as I've been exhausted all week from work. Things really came together well for me. The weather was perfect, and even though it was 50 degrees at the start, I shed my singlet and went without a shirt. This was a last minute decision, so here I am putting my race bib on my shorts. I hated to drop the singlet, it was a pricey one that I bought about 4 years ago. My fastest half marathon in almost 10 years and 1 minute faster than three weeks ago. Started out feeling a little sluggish as I needed to average 6:06 to beat my goal of breaking 1:20.
Mile Splits 1 6:10 2 12:15 (6:05) 3 18:19 (6:04) 4 24:24 (6:05) 5 30:24 (6:00) Started feeling good and picking off runners
6 36:21 (5:57) 7 42:27 (6:06) 8 48:33 (6:05) 9 missing 10 59:22 (10:49) Not!!! Tim passes me and I try to hang with him. 17:31 for three mile stretch
11 1:06:04 (6:42) Not!!! Must've been a little mishap on the markers 12 1:12:21 (6:17) Trying to pick up the legs at this point. I remember thinking that I could possibly break 1:19 at this point.
13 1:18:28 (6:07) F 1:19:04 (0:36) Unless I start feeling itchy to compete again soon, I'll be switching to "mileage mode" for a couple of months. They've made a correction to the race results. I actually finished 10th overall. Woo Hoo!
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