FREDERICKSBURG, Virginia, May 19 2013<\/p>\n
Ambitious goal: 1:45:00
\nFallback Goal: 2:00:00<\/p>\n
Not much to say about this race. At last year’s event I had run a trail half marathon the day before and suffered from cramps after the halfway point, posting my worst half marathon finish by far.<\/p>\n
The course is difficult and I’ve basically not trained at all the entire year, so I knew I was unlikely to PR. I figured anything under two hours I was good with. I was more interested in seeing how The Boss performed in only her second road half.<\/p>\n
As usual, I started pretty strong but faded late. My first two 5k splits were identical: 24:36. This turned out to be too ambitious for the hilly course, and I was reduced to walking a few short stretches of the second half. The weather was decently cool, but there was a light rain falling throughout most of the race.<\/p>\n
I ended up finishing in 1:52:41. My third fastest road half, but also my third slowest.<\/p>\n
The Boss was not ready for the challenging course either, but she did break her PR by about a minute per mile, finishing in 2:25:55.<\/p>\n
Miles this race \u2013 13.1
\nMiles raced in 2013 \u2013 145.1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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