Just a quick post, tomorrow I am heading off to do a course for work down in Sunny Wodonga, Vic. I will be away for about a month, therefore I will be MIA for that time. I hope everyones training goes well along with any races that are scheduled during this time. Finally I would like to thank you all for the very encouraging comments regarding the Gold Coast 1/2.
See you around
Happy training :-)
Saturday, July 07, 2007
Monday, July 02, 2007
My 1/2 Marathon progress so far
Week - 36k
Month - 36k
YTD - 529.5
It's been just under 3 years since I competed in my first 1/2 marathon race. August 2004 saw me line up in Townsville after deciding to do the event on no training the day prior. No much has changed since then, my spontaneous nature of entering events on little training still occurs and is a facet that I should change. However I did learn alot from that race some of which I have applied to my training some I haven't. After that race and realising that something like that should never be attempted on very little training I made it a goal of mine to improve over that distance.
In saying that, since then I have competed in a few races over that distance with the most recent being Sunday. Below are the events I have run including the Townsville run with my times
2004 - Townsville 1/2 - 1.48
2005 - Warwick 1/2 - 1.37
2005 - Toowoomba 'Hilly Half' - 1.43
2006 - BRRC 1/2 marathon Champs - 1.29.58
2006 - Warwick 1/2 - 1.37
2006 - Noosa 1/2 - 1.31.13
2007 - Warwick 1/2 - 1.32
2007 - Gold Coast 1/2.............................Read on :-)
Sunday saw my mate and I enter our first GC half. In fact it was my mates first crack at a half marathon. We both weren't sure of what we would achieve but given the way the last few weeks have gone we decided to head off with the sub 1.30 group.
Lining up I ended up being slightly closer to the start line than my mate who was a good 20m behind me. Pat Carroll was the pace runner for this group however he didn't line up until very late. When he eventually took up his position I was a fair way behind where I wanted to be in relation to this group.
As soon as the gun fired and I eventually crossed the start line Pat and the 1.30 group were miles ahead. It took me a good 2 odd km to finally catch up with them and settle into the run.
The run itself went pretty well, I passed the 10k mark in 41 mins and was feeling strong. My mate was just behind us at the 1/2 mark but quickly caught up to us by about the 15k mark. Although he was feeling the effects of his first 1/2 he was still running a good pace and didn't slow down much for the remainder of the run.
Myself on the other hand felt strong until about the 17k mark where the wheels began to fall off. I tried to keep my mate close and had all the intentions of picking the pace up in the last 2k but that never happened. Instead I hung onto whatever momentum I had going and just focused on finishing.
By this stage we had left the 1.30 group and were running by ourselves. My mate crossed the line about 50m in front of me, however the overall result was that he got me by 50 secs as he started behind me.
I am in two frames of mind about the run. On one side I am happy with my result but pretty disappointed that I didn't finish strong at all. The last 3k was shocking so I need to work on that for the next race. Overall I crossed the line in a time of 1.27.34, a PB of 2.24.
So to wrap up, I am pretty happy overall as to how my aim of improving my 1/2 marathon time is coming along. As I said it is almost 3 years since my first race and now with my new PB I have improved over 21 minutes for this distance.
Month - 36k
YTD - 529.5
It's been just under 3 years since I competed in my first 1/2 marathon race. August 2004 saw me line up in Townsville after deciding to do the event on no training the day prior. No much has changed since then, my spontaneous nature of entering events on little training still occurs and is a facet that I should change. However I did learn alot from that race some of which I have applied to my training some I haven't. After that race and realising that something like that should never be attempted on very little training I made it a goal of mine to improve over that distance.
In saying that, since then I have competed in a few races over that distance with the most recent being Sunday. Below are the events I have run including the Townsville run with my times
2004 - Townsville 1/2 - 1.48
2005 - Warwick 1/2 - 1.37
2005 - Toowoomba 'Hilly Half' - 1.43
2006 - BRRC 1/2 marathon Champs - 1.29.58
2006 - Warwick 1/2 - 1.37
2006 - Noosa 1/2 - 1.31.13
2007 - Warwick 1/2 - 1.32
2007 - Gold Coast 1/2.............................Read on :-)
Sunday saw my mate and I enter our first GC half. In fact it was my mates first crack at a half marathon. We both weren't sure of what we would achieve but given the way the last few weeks have gone we decided to head off with the sub 1.30 group.
Lining up I ended up being slightly closer to the start line than my mate who was a good 20m behind me. Pat Carroll was the pace runner for this group however he didn't line up until very late. When he eventually took up his position I was a fair way behind where I wanted to be in relation to this group.
As soon as the gun fired and I eventually crossed the start line Pat and the 1.30 group were miles ahead. It took me a good 2 odd km to finally catch up with them and settle into the run.
The run itself went pretty well, I passed the 10k mark in 41 mins and was feeling strong. My mate was just behind us at the 1/2 mark but quickly caught up to us by about the 15k mark. Although he was feeling the effects of his first 1/2 he was still running a good pace and didn't slow down much for the remainder of the run.
Myself on the other hand felt strong until about the 17k mark where the wheels began to fall off. I tried to keep my mate close and had all the intentions of picking the pace up in the last 2k but that never happened. Instead I hung onto whatever momentum I had going and just focused on finishing.
By this stage we had left the 1.30 group and were running by ourselves. My mate crossed the line about 50m in front of me, however the overall result was that he got me by 50 secs as he started behind me.
I am in two frames of mind about the run. On one side I am happy with my result but pretty disappointed that I didn't finish strong at all. The last 3k was shocking so I need to work on that for the next race. Overall I crossed the line in a time of 1.27.34, a PB of 2.24.
So to wrap up, I am pretty happy overall as to how my aim of improving my 1/2 marathon time is coming along. As I said it is almost 3 years since my first race and now with my new PB I have improved over 21 minutes for this distance.
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