Ok, ok, ok, I've given into the pressure (not that there really was any) and decided to do the Philadelphia Half Marathon in November. That gives me about 6 months to prepare for an extra 3.1 miles beyond Broad Street. My training plan is to continue 8 to 10 mile runs on Saturday mornings and hopefully get a 3 to 4 mile run in during the week. I'm not planning speed work outs right now becuase I'm just looking to finish and, judging from my Broad Street trainging I won't get them in with the new baby. Any comments?
I tried the Philadelphia Distance Run once, also 13.1 miles, and that extra 3 miles killed me. Then again I trained less form that than I did Broad Street that year. I'm hoping this will be a better experience despite the colder weather because of the training I plan to do and I like this race course more. This course makes a larger loop around the city and has several identifiable landmarks along the way such as Columbus Boulevard, South Street, PENN, Memorial Hall, the Zoo, and MLK drive.
Bruce always asked me about PDR, but I think he'll accept the half marathon as an alternative. Anyone else up for the challenge?
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Good for you! I'm not counting on doing either at this point. Ron might give me slightly better odds than I'm giving myself. However, I'm thinking about signing my husband up for it. We started running "together" this week. It's been quite frustrating. I've been training since December and completed Broad Street with 12 min. miles. He's been running for 5 days and completes 10 min. miles without breaking a sweat.
ReplyDeleteI'll come cheer all of you 13+ people on!
Betsy, he might be doing 10 minute miles but can he do it for 10 miles like you did? Keep it up you'll both average out somewhere.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the support! One thing I've learned doing Broad Street is cheering sections on the side of the race course are every bit as important to the race as the participants on the race course. Every year I find it's the support from the crowd that gets me through miles 6 to 10 of Broad Steet.
All I know is that I'm gonna kick your butt in the Philly Half. :-) Nothing like a little sibling rivalry to keep you motivated.
ReplyDeleteHey Joe, I am planning on kicking your butt by 19 tenths of a second, this time around. Good Luck.
ReplyDeleteHi Michael,
ReplyDeleteI have not opened the blog for months-although I thought of all of you and your goals and accomplishments. Did you run??? It was great weather. I made it the 13.1. Setting goals for the spring...and Broad Street on May 2nd!