Texas Marathon on New Year's Day or Not?
I know I said earlier that if I hit my time targets in the Jingle Jog 10-Miler (Pearland) and the Houstonian Lite 30K that I would do the Texas Marathon in Kingwood on New Year's Day.
I'll make my decision before the end of the weekend as the price is $35 through 12/18/05.
I should have two (2) long runs under my belt by then. I plan on joining Jennifer Kim (and Holden perhaps?) for the HoustonFit 21-Miler on Saturday morning and then Waverly and I are planning on doing four (4) loops of Memorial Park - one of two final long runs for her - sometime on Sunday. (She has a basketball game on Saturday that I don't want to tire her for - or we'd do it on Saturday.)
If I do the marathon put on by Steve and Paula Boone of Humble (who ran 34 marathons this year), I want to be successful and I haven't put together a plan to run the four (4) 6.55-mile loops. (Yes, I could do it for fun but I did my one "fun race" on Sunday! No carting JoePa for 26.2! Ok, if Penn State wins a national championship next year, I'll carry JoePa for a marathon. You read it here first!)
My PR is 4:55:08 and my 30K minutes per mile might suggest I can get under 4:48; however, I was fading at the end with 7.6 miles to go. (On Sunday, I would had to have done 7.6 more miles in 1:26 or better to beat 4:48 - 12 minutes a mile - or 1:33 or better to PR! That might have been a tall order.)
4:47:58 is my magic time for the marathon - as that represents the slowest 10:59/mile pace! If I can slow down at the beginning, I could target four (4) loops of 1:12 to get the job done.
Stay tuned here on Sunday night and if you are interested in running a nice leisurely 6.55 miles on New Year's Day in beautiful Kingwood at 1:12 or better, let me know. I might just be interested in a few pacers!
I'll make my decision before the end of the weekend as the price is $35 through 12/18/05.
I should have two (2) long runs under my belt by then. I plan on joining Jennifer Kim (and Holden perhaps?) for the HoustonFit 21-Miler on Saturday morning and then Waverly and I are planning on doing four (4) loops of Memorial Park - one of two final long runs for her - sometime on Sunday. (She has a basketball game on Saturday that I don't want to tire her for - or we'd do it on Saturday.)
If I do the marathon put on by Steve and Paula Boone of Humble (who ran 34 marathons this year), I want to be successful and I haven't put together a plan to run the four (4) 6.55-mile loops. (Yes, I could do it for fun but I did my one "fun race" on Sunday! No carting JoePa for 26.2! Ok, if Penn State wins a national championship next year, I'll carry JoePa for a marathon. You read it here first!)
My PR is 4:55:08 and my 30K minutes per mile might suggest I can get under 4:48; however, I was fading at the end with 7.6 miles to go. (On Sunday, I would had to have done 7.6 more miles in 1:26 or better to beat 4:48 - 12 minutes a mile - or 1:33 or better to PR! That might have been a tall order.)
4:47:58 is my magic time for the marathon - as that represents the slowest 10:59/mile pace! If I can slow down at the beginning, I could target four (4) loops of 1:12 to get the job done.
Stay tuned here on Sunday night and if you are interested in running a nice leisurely 6.55 miles on New Year's Day in beautiful Kingwood at 1:12 or better, let me know. I might just be interested in a few pacers!
posted by WalkSports.com | 1:04 PM
1 Comments:
i certainly dont mind pacing if i'm avail! let me know via email if you could use me!
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