Bill E. Tough Turkey Half Marathon 11/24/16
Tough Turkey Half Marathon
Height: 5' 8"
Weight (227) has been okay. Just kind of hanging where I was for Augusta.
Distance on Garmin was 12.98 (I really did try to run the shortest distance).
2:25:36 – A Personal Record by 40 minutes!!! Previous open half marathon was the Atlanta Half Marathon in 2011 (3:06:14).
I had a great race. My pace was good throughout the entire race and my last 4 miles were my fastest 4 miles. I had really looked at the race plan in the wiki and compared my 5k VDot and my last long runs.
Plan:
First 3 11:45-12:00
Next 7 11:30-11:45
Last 3 11:00-11:30 (Empty the tank if I felt good)
UCANN (1.5 scoops to 16 oz water) about 45 minutes before the race.
Gel at 45 minutes, 1:15, and 1:45
12 oz water with 1 GU tablet, sipped on it as needed.
Took water/NUUN from aid stations, about every 3 miles.
NO GI ISSUES!! Felt good the entire race!
Laps:
Time Avg HR Max HR
1 11:25 137 149
2 11:18 147 154
3 11:49 148 158
Mile 3 is mostly up hill
4 11:12 154 160
5 11:13 149 153
Mile 5 is all down hill
6 10:58 151 160
Mile 6 is mostly down hill
7 11:16 155 162
8 11:30 156 163
9 11:22 158 164
10 11:00 159 164
Miles 9 and 10 are mostly down hill
11 11:15 165 170
12 11:00 167 173
.98 10:36 172 180
Miles 11, 12 and 13 are 95% up hill
Based on my recent runs I felt like if I had a good day that this was what would happen. Well, I had a good day and look what happened!!
Comments
Nice race performance and HUGE job laying it all out there on the last 3 miles peaking that HR at 180 bpm!
Did not know Turkeys were that tough!
SS
Great Execution..Neg split...finishing strong!...40min PR!..thats awesome keep it going.