11am Virtual Half Marathon - 1:22:20 on my own with Start and Finish from Mill Race Park. This virtual race (DeMoor) had something 2000+ entrants, is Colorado based, and folks can clock and record up through tomorrow afternoon. We'll see if I make the top 100 :)
Saw a bunch of people out running, walking, biking in this weather and even some familiar faces doing the same thing. Friendly from a distance :)
Warmed and cooled down with a lap around Mill Race loop. WU had 4-5 pickups. Weather was pretty much perfect today in Indiana - it makes me sad that the Hoosier Half in Bloomington couldn't happen - they have a phenomenal beer garden and after party there in the heart of IU's campus (oh, yeah - and its a fun hilly course)!
Route today was primarily people trails in a loop around Columbus, with a few irritating street crossings. Had to play chicken to get across US 31 at Westenedge roughly around mile 10 and similar to cross at SR 46/Washington within mile 1. Other than that, pretty much smooth sailing. Went out a bit quicker than I wanted to?? 6:10-6:20ish pace felt like it was about right until about 8 miles. Ofcourse, after that point... it didn't:
6:11, 09, 10, 18, 18, 17, 14, 17, 20, 26, 20, 23, 6:12 and 0:38 for 0.11
According to Strava the difference between my Tempo and Threshold pace is 6:17 and 6:18, which is interesting since I averaged that pace for this half marathon. Overall, this was an okay result - feel like I can definitely go faster and be a lot stronger in later miles. Still a bit of trouble aerobically, and with the GI, which surely can be aided with a bit better dietary choices (I blame the wife for continuing to buy oreos and chips ahoy - cookies are my weakness :) ) and continued work on a balanced aerobic system. Need to sprinkle in more maximum effort/pace but shorter bursts to put icing on some of the base layers of that aerobic cake I have been working on.
Update - Race results came out, and a dude ran 1:03:xx for the win in this virtual race! Looks like I tied a guy for 33rd place. A guys ran 2:15:xx in the virtual marathon.
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