Ran 1:26:09 for the Platte River half marathon. Much faster than I thought I'd go, and I think I would have been 1:24 had I not had a raging hangover from sending Boobs off last night. Splits I can remember:
Mile 1 - 6:38
Mile 2 - 13:01
Mile 3 - 19:33
Mile 10 - 65:45
Really struggled in keeping up the pace over the last 5K, but I pushed hard. Pretty psyched about the race, didn't think I could run that fast. Plugging that time into the runner's world calculator predicts a marathon finish of 2:59.
This is my fastest half marathon ever. First Colorado PR. Even beats my Slacker time. Ran this same race last year in 1:41. Next race up is the Greenland 50K, my first ultra since Leadville, and I'm gonna try to lower my current PR at that distance (4:22).
Race report to follow, as well as hash trash from the Pikes Peak and Boulder hashes. All in all, one helluva weekend!
That's a kick ass time. I went and looked at the course, and it looks a lot like 3M here. congrats on the PR.
ReplyDeleteThink if you're used to the altitude it might even be a faster course than 3M. There's one "hill," about 150 meters long where you go up to a bridge. Other than that it's pancake flat.
ReplyDeleteCan't believe you skipped TXIH for that! You suck!!
ReplyDeleteI can get my drama up here, no need to go all the way to Texas for it anymore!
ReplyDeleteIn my defense, I did do two hashes this weekend.
Nice work at Platte River!
ReplyDeleteThat's 2 more trails than I did.
ReplyDeleteShit, after all you drank on Sat...
ReplyDeleteI gotta get on your caloric training schedule.