3 Days!

Okay, I am kind of psyched for the half marathon. My runs have been going great. I was going to do a 3-miler tonight, but I decided against it. Now that I am writing, part of me is tempted. But I think I will do it in the morning. My 11 mile run went great, and I really like my strategy idea. It might not work, but I know I will finish.

I am going to try to keep a 9:00/M pace through the race, but I have a different set of tactics. I am going to keep track of 3-mile splits, not mile splits. I'll see how close to 27:00 I can keep the 3-mile splits--this worked great for the Crim last year. Also, I am employing 90% walk strategy, something I didn't do for the Crim. I was at a higher level of fitness then, so I think I need this run/walk/run strategy. Doing the math, this means 24 four-minute-thirty-second runs, followed by thirty seconds of rest. Should be doable.

When I finished my 3-miler last night, I used this strategy dead nuts on. I felt like I could do it 3 or 4 more times. We'll see how it works in practice.