13 seconds. Not a lot to ask for is it? I ran Frederick Half Marathon yesterday in 1:50:12 - that's actually a PR for me my previous best was 1:52:49 - so not bad. And not to make excuses but it was my fourth race in four weeks and my eight race total for the year with the previous four being 50ks. So not bad at all. Still - :12.1 seconds would have put in into the 1:40's. That's a whole other level of racing it seems to me. And on reviewing the race I can clearly see where I could ahve shaved precious seconds off the clock - the slow first mile, an adjustment on run/walk ratio, an unschedule walk through at an aid station for water, slowing down a bit too much on the later hills, and not pushing the last quarter mile as hard as I should have. On a good day I can run that course in 1:46 - and next year I will and even better. There will be other half marathons this year as well and I will break 1:50 for sure. Until then I have a 6 hour ultra to run and two 50ks to looking forward to - not too mention 13 seconds to think about.
Peace,
Eric
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