This Saturday I will be running the Mid-Summer Nights Run 30km...I am both nervous and excited...I have decided to use this race as a Pace Training Race...
My last half marathon was the Flying Pig in Cincinnati with a time of 2:21:56....That was May 2, 2010 after a week of the Chicken Pox on a tough hilly route as well as a brutal weather day (it rained VERY hard)...so the next time I have is a 2:15:25 at the Run for Retina Half Marathon on April 11, 2010...I am using that time to come up with the pace...I know that I am probably faster than that now...but it is the only thing I can use right now...
My goal for Chicago is 4:45:59 however I would be stoked with ANYTHING under 5hours...so I have decided to Pace this coming race at a 6:30 per KM....so 30km in 3:15:00....Here is hoping....if it feels too tough and I start to get crusty I have no problems with slowing down...
I have talked to several people about Racing vs. Running and sometimes I think I don't actually race...I think I need to dig deep get some of that confidence I have on hill or tempo nights and transfer that to a race...so that will be a goal as well...
The carb loading and hydrating has begun! Hoping the weather holds out...it will be humid and feel like 33 but I have run worse...
Good luck to all my friends running this race as well!!
YAY!!! GO YOU!!! :D
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ReplyDeleteHave fun tomorrow!! Good luck!
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