Atlas 21k 2009 (13.1 Miles) 01:43:45, Place overall: 769, Place in age division: 113
Running Miles
Swimming Yards
Bike Miles
13.10
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Asics Cumulus 10 Miles: 13.10
Comments
From seeaprilrun on Sun, Sep 06, 2009 at 13:54:07 from 68.103.250.39
'Tis a pr and a great comeback Eric! Can't wait to hear the nitty gritty details!
From Bonnie on Sun, Sep 06, 2009 at 14:51:59 from 75.164.109.117
Three minute PR -- outstanding!!!
Hope you are feeling more rested - and I hope the house stuff gets better this week; that is pretty stressful.
From Burt on Sun, Sep 06, 2009 at 16:43:29 from 98.167.151.26
113th with a time like that? What was this? The Mexican championships? Great job! You keep getting better and better.
From Eric Day on Sun, Sep 06, 2009 at 17:27:17 from 189.169.237.133
April, put up the details, finally. Yes a PR is a PR
Bonnie, many thanks, 3 minutes if awesome, no?
Burt, 113th in my age division...many thanks.
From Teena on Sun, Sep 06, 2009 at 18:18:39 from 67.177.20.13
Way to PR Eric! Looks as if there were plenty of uphills to keep things more than challenging.
You did GREAT!!! PRs are beautiful!!! :)
From seeaprilrun on Mon, Sep 07, 2009 at 11:21:32 from 68.103.250.39
Sounds like a pretty tough race. You ran a negative split though, which shows that you won the mental battle of wanting to throw in the towel. You have been running a lot of mileage and recently too. I have confidence that the benefits of your hard work and training will kick in and produce the results you are looking for so keep rocking steady!
From scotthughes on Mon, Sep 07, 2009 at 13:55:05 from 209.33.211.3
Great race Eric! There is nothing wrong with that PR. You are putting in the work and it is paying off. Keep smiling!!
From beef on Mon, Sep 07, 2009 at 14:01:19 from 72.44.96.196
3,000+ people! Wow big race. Congrats on the PR!
From argentinerocket on Mon, Sep 07, 2009 at 14:41:57 from 98.204.54.245
Great job Eric, congrats on the PR! Next race go a little earlier so you can get closer to the front and not have to go around people, that takes up a lot of time and energy! Felicitaciones!
From Eric Day on Mon, Sep 07, 2009 at 14:53:11 from 189.192.252.98
Thanks Teena. This PR has a nice taste to it.
April, yes, it was hard race. Tried no to look at my watch very much; but knew that the target was not going to be met. Maybe that is why my nephew beat me ... mmm... probably. =). Will work harder now, put in some speed sessions, get some real tempos, etc.
Scott, thanks. But still feel like there is tons of work before full potential is met.
Beef, yes, lots of runners from others states in this HM. & thanks !
Lucia, yes, I have to learn to get in line earlier. I realize this as soon as I get into the corral and see tons of people in front...maybe someday it will go through my thick head. =)
From Sasha Pachev on Mon, Sep 07, 2009 at 22:40:05 from 192.168.1.1
Congratulations on a PR.
Based on your splits, I believe you did have around 1:40 in you, but the road block at the start messed you up. I would try another half in a month or two and this time line up further ahead to avoid the roadblock. Try 4:40/K pace from the start.
From ChrisM on Tue, Sep 08, 2009 at 03:48:51 from 130.88.123.4
That's great work there Eric, well done on the PB :)
How many half marathons have you run in total?
As for the start I think you should be more ambitious and start a lot nearer the front of the field in future, so you get a better start. In an ideal world everyone would position themselves according to time and the start would be fine, but that seldom happens. Next time get there early and start nearer the front.
Keep doing what you have been doing but one session which will help you improve your half time is to do a 20 minute tempo run once per week, warm up, run 20 minutes at about half marathon pace, and cool down, the 20 minutes comes from Jack Daniels, but you can build it up to 30 mins potentially, as you get stronger. As it is essentially half marathon pace practice too, it should help you maintain half marathon pace too
From argentinerocket on Tue, Sep 08, 2009 at 08:36:39 from 74.9.147.114
Yeah, Eric, why didn't you start closer to the front? Make sure you do that next time... (ha ha ha!)
From Eric Day on Tue, Sep 08, 2009 at 11:04:19 from 189.192.215.79
Sasha, yes. I agree on getting closer to that start line. That should save a minute or two of the time...the hill really drained my energy. Specially the last long hill in km 17, that one left me spent. But I shall keep trying. That sub 1:40 WILL come! Thanks.
Chris, thanks, this in my second HM (last one in Feb). My training schedule changes starting next week. Tempo's is now part of the schedule. Thanks.
Lucia, should I get all the way to the start line?
From Burt on Tue, Sep 08, 2009 at 12:03:05 from 68.76.197.194
Eric - I have no shame to go up to the front anymore. Unless it's a big time race with big competition, just go up and toe the line. Lots of times people are too shy, so I say, "Somebody's got to do it." Think of it this way. You had 3500 people in the race. You lost a couple of minutes due to bobbing and weaving. That would have probably put you closer to 700th place. Now, if the starting line is big enough, say that 50 people can stand shoulder to shoulder, you would be 14 rows back. That's probably only about 20 feet back from the starting line. Go for it! If it's an even smaller local 5k or something, just step right on the line.
From argentinerocket on Tue, Sep 08, 2009 at 12:13:40 from 74.9.147.114
Maybe you should start a few hundred feet ahead of the start line, that way you'll hit your time goal for sure ;)
From Eric Day on Tue, Sep 08, 2009 at 12:19:40 from 189.192.215.79
Nice one Lucia, maybe I should just ride on the front leader bike and beat the Kenya's for once!
Burt, I did try to get to the front, but it was already packed. I just need to get there earlier !!
From Kelli on Tue, Sep 08, 2009 at 14:17:41 from 71.219.97.42
Fighting with the police, hmmmm....not a great start t the day! Darn police!
Nice job on the race and the report. I serioulsy could feel the hills with you! I have to say that the same thing happens to me on the flat parts of race, either have me run up or down, but not flat!!!
Sorry you are not thrilled with your time, but you finished and your mind wanted to throw in the towel, so you won that battle! Oh, and you won the battle with the cop.
From Sasha Pachev on Tue, Sep 08, 2009 at 20:28:05 from 192.168.1.1
In a big race you have to do some get-on-the-Russian-Mexican-bus type of maneuver before the start, or else you are left off the bus.
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