Mason Half Marathon Race Report

Sunday I ran my 6th half marathon, which I have nominated as "worst prepared for" in the Half Marathon category :)

Overall, I'm happy with the day. I had no expectations, except a little bit of a worry going into the distance so ill prepared. But I looked at it as a long training run only, that I just happened to pay money for so I could do it with a bunch of people. That it was!

My first 7 miles I averaged between 10:15 and 10:30 pace. At mile 7, the wheels fell off and I had to walk hills and just take it easy the rest of the way. So my end average was 11:28.  Meh. It really is OK. I didn't expect any more given my horrible training and am still glad I got a 13.1 mile run in.

Next up: TRAINING, eating better, losing some weight, and making running fun again. Lucky number 7 is next, and I'm determined to break my 2:09:49 PR. Maybe even smash it.

Half Marathon History

As the Cincinnati Half Marathon date approaches, I thought I'd take some time to research my previous times. Thanks to an awesome site called athlinks.com, this wasn't too hard!


State to State Half Marathon 2004 (my first and best) 9/27/04
2:11:23  |  10:22 pace  |  The website results say it was only 12.68 miles! Dumb!
summary: Very very sore knees, blamed on old shoes.

2006 Fying Pig Half Marathon 5/1/06
2:17:37  |   10:30 pace
summary: Getting over some sickness made it a little rough.

2008 Akron Half Marthon 9/27/08
2:43:54  |  12:31 pace
summary: The tail end of being sick, and about 40 pounds overweight.

2009 Flying Pig Half Marathon 5/3/09
2:35:25  |  11:51 pace
summary: Under-trained. Had to walk a lot. Not fun.


So. My first half marathon was my best. That is pretty funny.
I have now ran 11 miles at a 10:09 pace. So, it is quite possible that I could get a PR at the Cincy one October 23rd, and that is what I'm aiming for. It will be my first ever attempt at a long distance PR...hmmmm....