Houston Running: Huntsville Half Marathon Splits

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Name: WalkSports.com

Location: Spring, Texas, United States

I'm a mid-to-the back of the pack runner who probably enjoys promoting runners more than I do running myself ... I've completed 21 marathons (with a 4:47:32 PR! in Austin) and 52 half marathons (with a 2:09:58 PR! in Oregon) since November 2003 ... I've done a marathon in 12 states, half marathon in 23 and an event in 30 states and one Canadian province ... I have a 13-year-old daughter, Waverly Nicole, who completed her first half marathon in January 2006, made only two B's each of the last two years, was the only sixth grader to sing a solo (Carrie Underwood's Don't Forget To Remember Me) in their choir program (adding Taylor Swift's Tim McGraw in '08) and scored a 19 on the ACT in December 2007 as a seventh grader ... Waverly and I are members of the following clubs -- the Seven Hills Running Club, HARRA and The Woodlands Running Club ... I'm Marathon Maniac #308 ... I edit HARRA's Footprints in Inside Texas Running and write a column for Runner Triathlete News called, "Talking the Talk" ... I'm also the running columnist for the Courier of Montgomery County ... I'm a three-time winner of TAPPS' Sportswriter of the Year Award as well as TABC's Golden Hoops Award.

Monday, October 23, 2006

Huntsville Half Marathon Splits

Don't look. These were ugly.

Mile 1 -- 10:30.18
Mile 2 -- 10:24.46
Mile 3 -- 10:38.82
Mile 4 -- 10:38.15
Mile 5 -- 10:50.72
Mile 6 -- 11:26.79
.55 Mile -- 6:13.49

Halfway -- 1:10:42.61

.45 Mile -- 5:27.19
Mile 7 -- 11:41.08 (this has to be the toughest mile on the course)
Mile 8 -- 11:49.32
Mile 9 -- 11:21.44
Mile 10 -- 12:06.96 (what's bad is that this stretch is about as flat as it gets)
Mile 11 -- 12:16.28
Mile 12 -- 12:25.94
Mile 13 -- 12:21.25
Last .1 -- 55.01

Overall -- 2:29:25.08

In all fairness, I should have volunteered the entire day - instead of just before and after - as this was one of those races that I shouldn't have run. Weight is up. Back is hurting. And we'll see if I can get my head screwed on straight before Saturday.

2 Comments:

Unknown said...: I think your hard effort last Saturday will result in a good time next Sunday. See you then.; 5:47 PM
WalkSports.com said...: Vic,

Thanks. Not sure about Sunday yet. I'm doing Rocky Raccoon 25K on Saturday in Huntsville; therefore, I might be cheering on Sunday only. We'll see how my back feels.

Jon; 10:51 PM