First Half Marathon at Age 80
My dad ran the half with his four daughters, all who love running. He stuck to the run 5 minutes and walk 1 min for the whole race. We finished in 2 hours and 50 minutes. His 8 grandkids were there t…
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Runner Learns from First Half Marathon
For the first 6 miles of the race, I kept up with my boyfriend and his roomate who is 6-foot something and had a much longer stride than myself. I felt so out of whack because I was keeping a faster …
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First-time Half Marathoner Feels Great at the Finish Line
My training had been perfect. Did all of the kms that I had to do including all the races and long runs. Butchered my feet completely which was in the end a good thing because I had no blisters or an…
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Ready for Another Half Marathon!
My half marathon was tough. I was sick the day of the race and it showed. At first I wrote it off as nerves, but halfway through the race I hit a wall I couldn't get past and had to walk. I ended up …
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First-timer Runs a Perfect Half Marathon
My goal was to run the half in sub 2 hours. I started at a 9:30min pace and finished with an 8min pace. I ran an 8:30min/mile average pace and finished in 1:52:32. It usually takes me about 2-3 miles…
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Ashley's First Half Marathon
I was so nervous before I heard the horn go off to start the race. I had so many thoughts going through my head -- Could I finish it? Was I going to get hurt running that far? When the horn went off …
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Half Marathon Advice: Make Sure You Train!
My goal was 2 hours which I thought was a bit ambitious with the amount of training I did. I ended up doing it in 2 hours 18 minutes, which was a little disapointing but with the way it went on race …
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Rockin' a Half Marathon
I only had a piece of toast with peanut butter and banana. I ate minimally the day before because I am prone to "intestinal distress." I hydrated well. I alternated between water and cytomax when off…
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Half-Marathoner Shares Valuable Lessons
It was cold, rainy and miserable--even for Middle GA! Very cold. I started out running with a friend of mine, whom, I should mention, was pretty good and good looking! Unfortunately, about 3 miles in…
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How I Achieved My Half Marathon Time Goal
When I started training, my goal was 11 minutes per mile, but as I worked my way though the training program I picked up a lot of speed and ended up shooting for a 2 hour finish! I ran with the 2 hou…
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Lessons from My First Half Marathon
Feeling good, I took off with the lead pack, passing by drink stations and waving at everyone who was slower at the 1 mile turn. Although the race was going fairly well, I started to burn out about m…
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First Half Marathon Memories
I ran with a friend, and our goal was to finish and have a good time doing it. She ran quite a bit slower than I, so I would run ahead, then slow right down to get beside her again. We stopped at eve…
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Half-marathoner Shares Race Experience and Advice
I ran alone, keeping my own pace. I found the middle of the race to be the hardest. It was a bit disheartening to be overtaken so often, but I ended up catching a lot of those people. The last two mi…
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Group Training Works!
I ran most of the race, walked when I needed a break. My pace is very, very slow - I do about a 11.5 minute mile and finished the half in 2 hours 56 minutes. I ran with some of my running buddies dur…
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Hard Things Can Be Done With Work
The first mile was very slow, I planned about a 9:30 pace to get warmed up. Because it was so crowded, we could only get about a 9:50 the first mile. It was not until about 5 miles in that we could r…
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Half Marathon: My Favorite Distance!
Staten Island was my first and I can't believe how good I felt. There's a hill just before you hit the end loop inside the old army fort. It was a little tough, but I didn't strain too much and I fni…
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