Had a good run this morning. I ran the course for the Saratoga Shamrock Half Marathon which is coming up in 2 weeks in Saratoga Springs. I wanted to do a progression run with the first 7 miles at base pace then gradually increase each mile until the last mile was around my half marathon pace. The course makes it easy to negative split with much of the uphill the first half.
The first 7 miles were as follows: 8:25,8:37,8:15,8:29,8:24,8:25,8:19 Had some good hills during these miles but tried to keep it easy and go with the flow.
Last 7 went like this:7:49,7:42,7:23,7:12,7:01,6:55,6:48 I finished the last mile running around the middle school to finish with 14. These miles felt really smooth and the legs felt great. It should be a great race in 2 weeks on rested legs. AP pace for the run today was 7:50.
Last year was this was my first race in years, I am excited to see where I am now compared to last year. My AP for the race last year was 7:33, I should be able to beat that.
Well off to go snowshoeing with the family up Hobble Creek. Have a great day. | 