My training has begun in earnest. Slow increase in distance on my long runs - I'm now up to 5 miles, going for 5.5-6 on Tuesday. Increasing the pace on my super short fast run on Thursdays. I'm now below an 8 minute mile, for my 1.3 miler, but I need to increase the distance now and the trouble with that is that the run is uphill from about 0.9 miles onwards so maintaining pace on the back end mashes my lungs to shreds.
I'm only running three times a week, because my main exercise remains my two long weekend bike rides and I can't be too exhausted for those. But I think I'll be OK for the half marathon in June. The question is whether I'll beat my goal time. The target is 2 hours 13 minutes. The reason for this is that the guys I cycle with are all former competitive runners (and much older than me). One is 70 years old - and his record time for the full marathon is 2 hours 13. So my goal is to go half as fast as his best.
Meanwhile, I still have a vague intention of joining WFD on the AFC half marathon in August, if he's still planning on doing that.
I'm only running three times a week, because my main exercise remains my two long weekend bike rides and I can't be too exhausted for those. But I think I'll be OK for the half marathon in June. The question is whether I'll beat my goal time. The target is 2 hours 13 minutes. The reason for this is that the guys I cycle with are all former competitive runners (and much older than me). One is 70 years old - and his record time for the full marathon is 2 hours 13. So my goal is to go half as fast as his best.
Meanwhile, I still have a vague intention of joining WFD on the AFC half marathon in August, if he's still planning on doing that.
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