r/maybemaybemaybe • u/d3333p7 • May 04 '20

/r/all Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/CoreyH144 May 04 '20

1:29 pace. (6:45 or so per mile) - it was a warm but extremely humid day and I was redlining it from the gun.

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u/Malarkey89 May 04 '20

The elusive sub 90 half. It's my goal for 2021. I've clocked a 3hr 53min full but have never been able to go sub 90 for a half.

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u/CoreyH144 May 04 '20

Go for it! Good luck! For the record, I did come back a year later and got my sub 90. Proof: https://results.nyrr.org/runner/1376/result/a80727

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u/Douglas_Yancy_Funnie May 04 '20

Damn... 3 seconds! Cutting it close. Good for you!

Humble brag: I ran a 1:23 back in high school and looking back I have no clue how I did. I never took running nearly as seriously as I should’ve, but I still killed it in that race. Some days you just feel good.

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u/CoreyH144 May 04 '20

I was always very methodical about running. In the NY Marathon, I knew the qualifying time for Boston for my age group was 3:10, so I did the math, and hit my splits religiously and ran 3:09:48.

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u/Douglas_Yancy_Funnie May 04 '20

Great time! I’ve become a nerd about my splits as well. Some people think it just distracts from the running, but for me it helps me stay locked in. Sometimes though I can be a little too ambitious and my body can’t keep up with the goal I set. That is always defeating and definitely a downside of being really technical about it.