13.1
by Sophia • February 4, 2014 • Uncategorized • 1 Comment
The Half Marathon is over. I completed it in a respectable 3 hours 3 minutes. Not bad for my age group and that it was a first time event. 358 training miles went into the 13.1. There were 25,000 runners and 10,000 of them were running the Half. It is quite something to be cheered each step of the way. It didn’t feel really hard until last 3 miles, which is how the training was designed. The program I used (the Hanson method) which involved lots and lots of runs, but very few long runs, said that they were training you to run on tired legs, because by the end, that’s where you would be. I like the notion that one trains for the 2nd half of the race, not the first. The 2nd half is when you need it. I now can run the pace and distance I want! And, it feels good.
Congrats Sophie!!! Way to go!! I know how hard and how long you trained because also I ran my first marathon too; 6 months of training and lots of long runs! I count it as the best personal achievement of my life! thanks for sharing, I hope you are well.