With the official results for the Barossa Half marathon about to be released I can tell you that my official time was 1hr54min20sec, or 8 minutes faster than last year and 173rd out of 266 runners. I suppose one day I would like to be in the top half of finishers, but at the moment I am just happy with the improvement.
Now with three months to go until my second marathon…what am I going to do differently to improve my time?
For starters I am going to run a different race plan (ok, ok, I mean stick to my race plan), which will hopefully mean that I can run out the 42.2km, rather than walk the last 10.
I feel like I am not running as much as I did in 2007, though my log would seem to indicate that totals are about the same. I don’t think I am putting in the same number of runs, they are just on average longer.
The biggest difference by far is the quality of the runs. This year I am running them faster and harder then in 2007 and it is to this that I contribute most of my faster times so far.
My weight is about the same as it was in 2007. I have tried to get it down, but to no avail…I like food.
What I want to do now, while there is still 3 months to go, is build from my 2 halves and the 28km Pioneer Women’s Trail Run this month and get in a lot more 30+ kilometer runs than in 2007. If I can get 2 of those in during the month of June I will be 2 ahead of 2007. Add to that 2 four hour long runs in July and I will be smashing my PB come August.
2 Comments
May 28, 2009 at 6:48 pm
I’m thinking a 6.00am start is on the cards fora 30km plus run this Sunday. Happy to run the first hour with you. See you there?
May 29, 2009 at 8:35 am
I agree, the quality of your runs are better this year. The trail runs will help build strength/endurance too. Just make sure you get some quality 30+ km runs in and you will smash it!