Bret

Rock n Roll St Pete Half

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Location:

Milton,GA,USA

Member Since:

Jul 27, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PR's -

Mile - 4:38    (High School)

2 Mile - 10:12 (High School) 

3 mile - 15:51 (High School)

10k - 35:19 (High School)

Marathon - 2:59 marathon (London -2013)

Half marathon - 1:25:18 (Deseret News 2013)

Completed all 6 of the World Marathon Majors 2024

Completed each of the 5 majors (NY, Chicago, Boston, London & Berlin) at least twice.

8 x Boston Marathon (1999, 2000, 2005, 2007, 2014, 2020 (virtual due to covid) 2021, 2022)

13 x NYC Marathon (1997, 1998, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)

 

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Sub 3 hour marathon

Long-Term Running Goals:

Continue to enjoy running and racing as long as my body permits me.  

Personal:

Old guy - (grandfather even) been running for 40+ years.  

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Miles:This week: 23.75 Month: 113.20 Year: 382.05
Race: Rock n Roll St Pete Half (13.25 Miles) 01:28:33, Place overall: 41, Place in age division: 5
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.006.007.100.0016.10

Rock n Roll half in St. Pete. Been sick all week but wanted to run anyway. Ran reasonably according to plan through 7 miles - but slowed to marathon pace for the remainder of the event. 1:28:33.  

Adding a little more color to the entry I did from my phone.  The race was well organized, as one would expect.  Started right on Central Ave next to Tropicana Field and headed east into the sun and wind, but made a quick right turn and looped back around the Trop and westward.  We turned back into the wind and the sun for approximately 3 miles on Central and then south on 3rd street, looping eventually around Al Lang Field and the Mahaffey Theatre and then out to the end of the Pier and back; finished up through Old Northeast and a quick loop out and back on Snell Isle finishing in front of North Shore pool.  Very nice course, but quite a few turns and a bit of wind.

I had planned to run a pace about where I did for the first 7 miles.  Started off a few seconds slower then my goal pace and then by 3 miles started hitting right at 6:30 or just below.  Became just a little weary around the 7 mile mark and started to fade a little bit.  Oddly kept right at MP pretty much from that point onward.  Did not have the energy to go faster, but seemed to default no slower than 6:47 to 6:51 each mile.  

Happy I ran although I am pretty sure, had I felt better, I may have stayed on pace.  My friend Richie was sick this week too, and he decided not to run when he awoke with a fever this morning.  

Our mutual friend Drew came in 2nd overall and ran 1:15:04 which is a significant PR for him.   

Comments
From Bam on Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 10:10:42 from 89.126.28.24

Well run Bret. With being sick and everything, that's a handy mp run - 13 miles a 2:57 pace. If you give it your best shot and don't break 3hrs in London, I'll pay all your parking tickets from here to eternity:)

From Jason D on Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 10:57:27 from 24.1.80.94

You made this race into a great workout, Bret. Your body will thank you too I am sure. Rest easy.

From Bret on Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 12:40:14 from 96.228.167.228

Thanks guys. It was a good to hit MP miles even when I was feeling kind bad - a positive take-away from the effort.

Bam - I am counting on you being in London to get me through those last few meters under three hours!

From dugco on Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 12:44:33 from 68.35.221.180

Smart run, Bret. Sounds like it was a positive from a potential negative if you had tried to make the body work harder than it was ready. You'll be 100% quickly now.

From Rob Murphy on Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 12:56:02 from 24.10.249.165

Sorry you didn't feel so good Bret but it sounds like a good race.

You know, sometimes our best races aren't the ones we plan for weeks or months in advance, but the ones we do on the spur of the moment. Maybe in a few weeks when you're feeling sharp mid-week you should look around for a race to run that weekend and just go for it.

I say all this because I know you can run a lot faster than 1:28. A lot faster!

From Jake K on Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 12:56:22 from 67.177.11.154

Its good that when you go to "default" pace, its still MP. Being sick leaves you wiped and its just so hard to maintain the type of intensity you need to in a half marathon.

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