236 when woke up this morning – 232.5 after 14.02 mile run in 2 hours 7 minutes.
Did the first 7 miles in 60:30 and hit the half marathon point at 1:57:20.
This was a bit of a surprise – I did the run in the late afternoon because I could not get myself rolling in the morning but I knew I desperately needed to get this run in – so I went into it not expecting much. I started out at an decent speed to try to get the miles in (6.8 mph) but then started adding in 7.5 mph periods to see what I could do. I was pretty burnt after the first hour but managed to push through by adding some walking and slower running speeds.
The speed overall was pretty surprising – I did some cheating by holding onto the treadmill, etc but all in all this is the first time I have hit an under 2 hour half marathon time in many years. It was on the treadmill so I don’t know what that would translate to outside on the roads but still a very heartening thing to have finished. Hopefully that knocks down some mental barriers and gets me fired up again.
It is 7 weeks today until the WPS Half Marathon date so if I can solidify this time and pull it off outside in the 7 weeks time I have left before that race it would be very good. I would be more than satisfied to be under 2 hours for the WPS Half but it is also possible to get closer to 1 hr 55 or potentially even lower if I hit all my runs and really work on my speed. I will continue to re-evaluate my times as things continue but the continuing to push and the upcoming longer runs should help.
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