This was my first half marathon in 6 years and I was hoping to beat my last time of 2:12. The weather was perfect; 55 degrees, no wind and light rain. The run was thru the rolling hills outside of Boise, ID. At the start line, right next to me, was a guy I had known since kindergarten, we wished each other the best and took this as a good luck sign. I felt really good until about mile 6 and my knee started to have shooting pain. The last time I ran this race, most of the roads were gravel, but this time, they had been paved. Anyway, I know my knee was hurting because of the pavement and the sloped angle of the road and I tried to run in the dirt on the edge of the pavement. This proved to help and my knee didn’t hurt much for the rest of the race. At mile 7, I knew that I needed to eat and drink something and forced down some shot bloks and gatorade. I instantly felt my energy return. After mile 9, the rest of the race was an easy downward sloping course. I felt like I was strong and was running as fast as I could, but was a little disappointed to see that my time was 3 minutes slower than 6 years ago; I guess that is what age will do to you! Overall, I felt it was a good race and hope to do that one again.
Workout:
- Type: Run
- Date: 11/03/2008
- Time: 13:00:00
- Total Time: 2:15:00.00
- Distance: 13.1 miles
- Average Pace: 10:18.56/mile
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November 12th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
good job. sucks that your knee was hurting after 6 miles, but way to stick with it.
November 12th, 2008 at 4:50 pm
Thanks! I will be doing races as long as my knee holds out!