2006 IKEA-Montour Trail Half Marathon

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I ran my first half marathon. Woohoo! :)

Saturday was the 11th Annual IKEA-Montour Trail Half Marathon. I finished in 2:11:44 according to my watch, 2:12:04 officially (499/619 overall, 46/49 men 25-29). That's almost exactly the 10 min/mile pace I'd planned. :)

I'm still giddy with the sense of accomplishment. I couldn't have done it without a lot of help and support, though. For that I'm indebted to my Wednesday evening buddies from West Penn Track Club for sharing their wisdom and guiding my training, and my wonderful wife for her patience, support, encouragement, and love. Thanjks. :)

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  1. From 2007 Just a Short Run Half Marathon @ Ales Rarus on 18 Apr 2007 at 3:56 pm [...] On March 31, I ran the 7th annual Just a Short Run in North Park. My goals weren't lofty since I'm more interested in my performance at this year's Ikea half marathon. I wanted to run at faster than a 10:00 pace and finish without walking at all. I'm pleased to say that I achieved both goals. I finished in 2:07:53 (9:45 pace), 429/636 overall and 41/46 males 25-29.Not all went well, though. At about mile 11, which is where I started walking for a while at the Ikea, I hit a wall. It was all I could do to put one foot in front of the other. I dropped from the 9:30-ish pace I'd been running to close to 11:00. I felt there was a possibly I'd pass out - a rather unpleasant feeling. I didn't start walking, though. In fact, I still managed to tap into reserves to sprint the last 100 meters or so. I was really beat at the end, but within a few minutes felt pretty good, perhaps due to endorphins kicking in. By about an hour after the race, though my feet were killing me. They really hurt like hell, forcing me to walk like a feeble old man. Walking was quite painful for a few days, but thankfully the pain went away. I suspect I had developed peroneal tendonitis as a result of switching insoles. [...]
  2. From FitLink.com - FunkyDung on 19 Aug 2007 at 2:05 pm [...] not as long as a marathon.by: FunkyDung - friday, january 26, 2007 - 9:28amThanks. :) Last year, I finished in 2:12. I planned a 10min/mile pace and kept to it. The only "failure" was needing to walk a mile or so [...]

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