Me, Thomas, and dad taking off at the start of the 2015 Prairie Fire Half Marathon. |
Even though the marathon has been the main source of heartbreak for me during my running career, the half marathon is close behind with my performance this spring. This past season I trained really hard to run a half-marathon PR and when it didn't happen, I was immediately curious how my time stacked up to all my other half-marathon times. I've never really kept track of my races other than recording them in my training logs so I didn't have a list of half-marathons I've done and had to go through my training logs as well as look for results online. I threw away all my training logs from before 2011 when Ty and I moved into our house after our wedding so I know I'm probably missing a few that I didn't find when googling results. I wanted to keep a list of my half-marathons for future reference and figured I might as well throw my marathons in there too (just in case I have one to add in the next year or so). Now I need to run a 1:33 half so I have all times from 1:31-1:36 covered! Here are my half-marathon times in order from fastest to slowest.
Running toward the finish of my slowest half marathon, the 2012 Route 66, pregnant with Carter. |
1:31:35, Mighty Mo Half Marathon, 2007
1:31:49, Route 66 Half Marathon, 2016
1:32:39, Route 66 Half Marathon, 2007
1:34:11, Run for the Ranch Half Marathon, 2007
1:34:13, Aquarium Run Half Marathon, 2017
1:35:25, Little Rock Half Marathon, 2009
1:35:43, Route 66 Half Marathon, 2015 (8 months after Elise was born)
1:36:59, Jenks Half Marathon, 2013 (10 months after Carter was born)
1:38:05, Prairie Fire Half Marathon, 2013 (9 months after Carter was born)
1:41:08, Prairie Fire Half Marathon, 2015 (7 months after Elise was born)
1:51:40, Route 66 Half Marathon, 2011 (ran the race sick)
1:56:44, Prairie Fire Half Marathon, 2014 (14 weeks pregnant with Elise)
2:01:50, Hospital Hill Half Marathon, 2008 (I ran this one after being sick for over a month and learned to respect the distance!)
2:18:12, Route 66 Half Marathon, 2012 (32 weeks pregnant with Carter)
Totals:
14 half-marathons
2 run while pregnant
4 run less than a year after giving birth
Marathons:
3:40:05, Route 66 Marathon, 2008
3:43:04, Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon, 2009 (The wind was out of control.)
3:58:04, Route 66 Marathon, 2009 (Ran with a sinus infection and bronchitis.)
Obviously it well past time for a marathon PR as well!
Running the infamous windy 2009 OKC marathon. |
I knew I'd love this post based on the title, but I love it even more than expected since you're marathon-planning! Based on your halves, I think you easily have a 3:10-3:15 marathon in you (then you'll work down even lower from there) -- as you said, you've only done minimal mileage programs targeted at finishing. Upping your mileage will pay huge dividends and you will KILL that 3:40. I can't wait to watch the process! As you know, the marathon is my FAVORITE!
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty excited to run a marathon. I just have to get this sub-1:30 half attempt out of the way first! Jeremy is planning on running the full marathon at Route 66 this year!
DeleteI understand wanting the sub-1:30 off your back first. You'll get it, I know! Also that is so exciting that Jeremy is going to run the full at Route 66!
DeleteIt's hard to believe it's even possible for him to run that far! He's already logged some 16 mile long runs!
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