One of my favorite places to run is Clearwater Beach by Pier 60 for a variety of reasons. Its beautiful there. We have a nice 13 mile loop that we run frequently. It lets us do an open water swim right after we run which is a great way to kill 2 birds with 1 stone. And then there’s the part that people probably don’t usually like other than us crazy people – the bridges. There are some truely massive bridges on the route as well as some gently rolling terrain on the back half of our 13 mile loop. …
Tag Archives: half marathon
Well I did it! I can’t believe that since November, I went from frantically realizing that I was in deep trouble for my Disney marathon to reaching a really big goal of mine, which was a sub 2:10 half marathon. Everything went about as perfect for me today as I could have hoped. My legs have felt great for weeks and I just knew I had a great run in me for today. My goal was somewhere between 2:05 and 2:10. My final time was 2:04:26 which is a huge PR (personal record for you non-runners). I PRed while training …
Well, my training is still going forward. I won’t say its going well until I get my times down to where I am happy with them. Right now my 11:30 minute miles are unacceptable but not surprising. Really a combination of 6 weeks off the road and stifling heat when I do run isn’t making it easy. I could run in the morning when its cooler but realistically I just can’t depend on myself to wake up consistently and do it. And I don’t want to get into work later than I am now (now being around 8 – 8:30 most days). I’ll do a morning …