headed to Phoenix for a half marathon. Gotta find out how much fitness I managed to maintain over the holiday beer & cookie binge. #sub65
— Rob Watson (@robbiedxc) January 17, 2014
Well, he won this race!Inspired, I decided that the little two-looper Fred Lebow Half Marathon should be my
Fit and Fat: just a single letter difference but a whole world apart.
This week was awful week for running in NYC with snow, super cold, ice, etc. etc. It went down like this:
Monday:
Warmest day of the week, and since it was a holiday, ran outside - 6M. Legs felt pretty weak from skiing the day before, but Garmin was saying I was going fast, until I noticed the guy was beeping mile laps at odd spots. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/433128738 ...yep, it's off. I wonder why...
PM: Spin. Ladder endurance thingy.
Tuesday:
AM: Sleep in! yay!
PM: Faster Finish was downgraded to Snowy Finish, so I took to the TM.
10 min w/u. 3 min on, 2 min off; for 5M. 5 min c/d. 3 min parts accelerated from 7:00 to 6:38. Take that, TM!
Wednesday:
AM: Still Snow. So much Snow. 7M on TM.
Lunch: Pilates.
Thursday:
AM: STILL ON TM. w/u 1M, 4M with various inclines to mimic Central Park (5.5% max) @ 7:37, 1M c/d.
PM: Pilates.
Friday: - NADA -
Saturday:
AM: Shake Up Run. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/435434148
The sprints are at a pretty good pace, which makes me happy.
Sunday: RACE!
Surprisingly, the conditions were near identical to last year.
Fred Lebow Manhattan Half
Distance: 13.1 miles, 21.1 kilometers
Date/Time: January 26, 2014, 8:00 AM
Location: Central Park
Weather: 18 Degrees, 41% humidity, 12 mph, Fair
Manhattan Half-Marathon Distance: 13.1 miles, 21.1 kilometers Date/Time: January 27, 2013, 8:00 AM Location: Central Park, NYC Weather: 20 degrees, 60% humidity, 17 mph, Fair |
Last year, I struggled to keep it within marathon pace. This year, I struggled from over speeding. I felt like I had to pull myself in over and over.
I should've just let it have it...because...at second half of mile 10, I had a heart attack.
I realized that I just might PR in Central Park. My previous PR for a half marathon is at Brooklyn Half, a much easier, flatter course. None of this crazy hills. So for me to realize that I just might PR, it was shittin' bricks time. I freak out, my heart rate goes crazy and I feel a throw up coming on. I literally choked - I had to slow down. When the heart attack finally went away, I was able to push harder. The last two miles wasn't as a struggle as last year. It felt "right".
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/comparison?activityId=436294190&activityId2=266536872
I wasn't very tired afterwards, but just really cold. So yea, it was much different feeling race than last year!
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