Hey Robert, congratulations! I finished the HAT too, but it took me a little over 6.5 hours. I'm not complaining though. I did nearly everything wrong and shouldn't have been able to finish ...
...ue, at 55 miles I added 10% one week, dropped to the previous weeks high followed by another 10%...and so finish 66 tomorrow. Next week - back to 60, followed by 73 the following week.
But, I ramb...
...(you'll see why as you read on)... It also assumes you have SOME ballpark idea of what you want your finish time to be...
Do a one and a half to two mile warm-up... Then...
8x800 meters, ...
Well, actually I did have my cell phone, but I never saw a single mileage marker on yesterday's ½ marathon. I'm glad all the turns were marked.
Not only did the race not have mileage ma...
Oh boy, I feel like I'm making excuses again, and I probably am, but then again. As most everybody knows, there is a slight flood in this area. (www.flood2001.com) and I was told that the detour ...
Temp: -3.2C (26.2 F) wind 30km/h and gusting up to 50 km/h with approaching snowsqualls (none on ground yet).
Goal: my somewhat lofty goal was a sub-24:00 run, which would break my old 5k record (...
Chicago ....It's my kind of town!
Definitely a good news/bad news sort of a race.
First, a selected good news bit:
I ran my first ever negative split - by 12 minutes!
So, we got t...
...18 mins. The pain was good and bad, yes I will not lie it hurt from 27k on....lol. but when I saw the finish line, the pai...
...f-marathons, but not over the full 26.2. I'm hoping to keep it comfortable for as long as possible and to finish in about 3:59. I'm scared primarily because I haven't gone the marathon distance in two...
Constantina Tomescu crossing the finish line of Women's Marathon. (Photo Credit:Guo Dayue/Xinhua)
38 year old Constantina Tomescu Dita won the women's marathon with 22 seconds to spare over ...