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Half-Marathon Recap

Yes, I ran a half-marathon, but Karen pointed out I did not to do a race recap.  She keeps me on track.

 Karen, my friend, Molly, and Mike's friend, Cara, cheered us on en route.  As they tried to figure out when I was coming.
Cara:  What's her usual pace?  (Her husband, Brad, is a pretty serious runner.)
Karen:  I don't even know, she usually just runs marathons.

 Well, turns out my body doesn't really speed up with the shorter distance.  Same average mile as marathons, between 8:00-8:30 per minute mile.  Oh well.  I ended up coming in at 1 hour 51 minutes.  Brad came in at 1 hour 46 minutes and Mike 1 hour 53 minutes.  Pretty solid if you ask me.

 I did learn from this run and my past marathon, I have to do some speed work.  I'll have a much better run that way.  I just don't like it.  

 P.S. Marathon #1 - It was Chicago '08, but I didn't have a blog then :)
Marathon #2
Half-Marathon #1
Marathon #3
Marathon #4
Marathon #5
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  1. KarenSeptember 7, 2016 at 11:33 AM

    Great recap! Very solid outcomes for all! Congratulations!! :)

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