Hello! Nice to be back on the forums!
On November 7th, I participated in a local Half Marathon in Downtown Indianapolis, Indiana called the Monumental (Half)Marathon! Before this, I ran 450+ miles over the summer and Cross Country season, and know I can hold an 8 minute/mile pace fairly easily. Knowing this, I agreed to train for a short period of time after Cross Country season at about an 8 min/mile pace to train for the 13.1 miles ahead of me.
On race day, the weather could not have been more perfect for running. 45oF (7oC), partly cloudy, and a wonderful race crowd! Since this was my first half-marathon, I had to start outside of a corral, or group of runners who are placed torward the front according to their times. Dispite having to dodge hundreds, possibly thousands of runners during the miles 3 through 7, I was actually running FASTER and EASIER than I have been running during my training runs, with the exception of my first mile. (8:43!) The last three miles, however, were absolutely brutal and had to back it off from a 7:30 min/mile pace to about a 8:00 min/mile. Long story short, I finished the Indianapolis Monumental (Half) Marathon in a much faster-than-anticipated 1 hour, 40 minutes, and 42 seconds! That means I averaged a 7:41 min/mile pace over 13.1 miles!
Any of you completed a half/full marathon too? If so, comment about it below!
The race numbers are crossed off to prevent outsiders finding out where I live. Taken by my dad :D(https://www.opticraft.net/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F3mnl8hm.png%3F1&hash=a1e9a9cdb0620f5838345aa504e37b20)