It's been a while since I posted on this site, but as I finally took part in a HM last weekend I thought it was about time.
I had booked a place in the Bedford Spring Half Marathon for May 2020, which of course never took place. It was postponed to May 2021, and then again to September, becoming part of the Bedford Running Festival and of course not taking place in Spring at all!
I was totally unprepared and not race fit after a 6 week break due to a suspected gout attack. I managed two slow 6km runs in the week prior to the event. At the start I put myself in wave 4 (estimated time 2:01-2:15) and tried to pace myself at 5:30/km. I pretty much kept to that until my Garmin showed 13.1m (21.1 km). Unfortunately the event distance was over that and I hit the wall with the finish line still on the other side of the river. Several runners were looking confused and asking if we were going the right way, but the marshalls confirmed we were.
By the time I crossed the finish line my Garmin had tracked 21.74km, with a time of 2:02:41. My watch and Strava gave me a HM time of 1:58:34, so I am happy that I hit my unfit HM target.
Happy running!
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MikeJones68
Half Marathon
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Brilliant race and time after your setbacks Mike! Really well done. 👊 I usually find my watch doesn’t match official race distances, nor does it even match the NRC app. It’s hard to go on once you think you’re done isn’t it?
It is! A lady next to me was asking if I was carrying on as we'd reached the distance. I pointed to the finish line on the other bank and she was not amused!
COngratulations! It's amazing how often GPS is out of line with official race distances - truly messes with my head when distance markers and lap alerts are out of sync! That's a fabulous time or a first HM. Amazing!
Brilliant run Mike. Our localPark Run is longer than my Garmin 5k. I just have two PBS; one Park Run one Garmin…. It records long for everybody 🤷🏻♂️ You have to go over the finish line in a race though, if only to collect the bling !!👏👏👏
Congratulations Mike 🦇 must feel amazing to pull that out of the bag when you haven't been able to train for it.Strong stuff 💪🏃♂️Lovely bling and T-shirt🏅xxx
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