I ran 2 more half-marathons in the past couple weeks. I ran Greta’s Great Gallop on October 3rd in Central Park and then ran the Staten Island Half Marathon today.
| Date | Race | Miles | Time | Pace (min/mile) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 3 | Greta's Gallop | 13.1 | 1:46:42 | 8:08 |
| October 17 | Staten Island | 13.1 | 1:41:56 | 7:47 |
I’m pretty happy about these 2 races. The weather was perfect and I was able to avoid hitting the wall. I improved my half-marathon time about 30 minutes since May. I’m just guessing here, but I probably won’t be able to keep this up. The other good news is that this was my ninth NYRR race of the calendar year, so I automatically qualify for next year’s NY Marathon (2005).
Comments from old site
You go boy-ee
Take it bird by bird, my man. One race at a time. Don't look at it as another year's worth of races. That's perceiving your goal as a mountain. There is alway only the next race, be it 1 mile or 1/2 marathon. It's never any more than just a molehill.
And don't forget to stretch!
Dave T 2004-10-21 13:55:46