First Light Half Marathon Race Report
Weather was perfect for me for this race in Mobile, Alabama - the First Light Half Marathon.
It was just under 50 degrees at the start and it might have gotten colder (it was 47 on the car thermometer when I got back in it) as the race progressed.
I normally hit my watch between the gun and the start and then deduct the time for my "chip time"; however, I didn't do it today. But I saw 12 seconds on my watch. Well, I saw 13 but I was a step or two across the line.
Those 12 seconds are important. Why? I reeled off my fourth best half marathon ever this morning - 2:14:21 will be the gun time. This coming after running on the treadmill Friday night for an hour, an easy 5K with Waverly Saturday morning, going to Conroe to order trophies and plaques for the Bill Crews Remission Run, renting a car and then driving to Mobile!
I'll add more later, but here are the splits (as I want to get a shower and get on the road):
Mile 1 - 10:00.35
Mile 2 - 9:52.29 (19:52.62)
Mile 3 - 10:03.68 (29:56.32)
Mile 4 - 10:13.19 (40:09.51)
Mile 5 - 9:57.59 (50:07.10)
Mile 6 - 10:18.73 (1:00:25.83)
Mile 7 - 9:56.96 (1:10:22.79)
Mile 8 - 10:27.45 (1:20:50.24)
Mile 9 - 10:11.15 (1:31:01.39)
Mile 10 - 10:18.63 (1:41:20.02)
Mile 11 - 10:29.77 (1:51:49.79)
Mile 12 - 11:02.41 (2:02:52.20)
Last 1.1 - 11:29.78 (2:14:21.98)
I know that this sounds totally insane, but I'm thinking about completely resting, skipping Houston and then try to throw everything at the 3M Half Marathon in two weeks in Austin.
Maybe I'll just work on busting my butt and keep running halves for awhile - and then after (if I could work at it and lose some weight) that, work back on doing marathons.
But I'll say this, a flat course allows for you to completely think about nothing but putting one foot in front of the other and developing a nice, steady rhythm - and never having to worry about hills, etc. (and especially the mental head games that come with running on and over them).
And I just became a "completer" for half2run.com today!
It was just under 50 degrees at the start and it might have gotten colder (it was 47 on the car thermometer when I got back in it) as the race progressed.
I normally hit my watch between the gun and the start and then deduct the time for my "chip time"; however, I didn't do it today. But I saw 12 seconds on my watch. Well, I saw 13 but I was a step or two across the line.
Those 12 seconds are important. Why? I reeled off my fourth best half marathon ever this morning - 2:14:21 will be the gun time. This coming after running on the treadmill Friday night for an hour, an easy 5K with Waverly Saturday morning, going to Conroe to order trophies and plaques for the Bill Crews Remission Run, renting a car and then driving to Mobile!
I'll add more later, but here are the splits (as I want to get a shower and get on the road):
Mile 1 - 10:00.35
Mile 2 - 9:52.29 (19:52.62)
Mile 3 - 10:03.68 (29:56.32)
Mile 4 - 10:13.19 (40:09.51)
Mile 5 - 9:57.59 (50:07.10)
Mile 6 - 10:18.73 (1:00:25.83)
Mile 7 - 9:56.96 (1:10:22.79)
Mile 8 - 10:27.45 (1:20:50.24)
Mile 9 - 10:11.15 (1:31:01.39)
Mile 10 - 10:18.63 (1:41:20.02)
Mile 11 - 10:29.77 (1:51:49.79)
Mile 12 - 11:02.41 (2:02:52.20)
Last 1.1 - 11:29.78 (2:14:21.98)
I know that this sounds totally insane, but I'm thinking about completely resting, skipping Houston and then try to throw everything at the 3M Half Marathon in two weeks in Austin.
Maybe I'll just work on busting my butt and keep running halves for awhile - and then after (if I could work at it and lose some weight) that, work back on doing marathons.
But I'll say this, a flat course allows for you to completely think about nothing but putting one foot in front of the other and developing a nice, steady rhythm - and never having to worry about hills, etc. (and especially the mental head games that come with running on and over them).
And I just became a "completer" for half2run.com today!
posted by WalkSports.com | 8:57 AM
2 Comments:
Congrats. Jon-nice performance! Those stats keep growing.
Jon,
Great time.
In the 'for what it is worth' category, I would note that three of your best half marathon times (this one and two of the 3M halfs - I could not find a third half better than this one) have come less than two weeks after running a half or full marathon (Texas or Houston), while your worst half marathon time (Leadville - did I read that right, 5:40:40) came when you were completely rested.
Perhaps you ought to think abuut running/walking Houston strictly as a training run, rather than skip it altogether.
Ron
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