Felt good so I decided to check how I can do half on a flat course. Could I run it under 1.15 just like that? Again, Baytrail as the main course and this time Palo Alto as the neighborhood. Normal SF peninsula weather meaning very good for running a good time.<\/p>\n
Well, I didn’t get the time I wanted. Official result is 1.19.22 and the actual time would have been about 1.16.30. At around mile five I ran past a turning point. The girls working there were not up to their task — that’s what you get in these local small events. Luckily there were mile markers all across the course. That mile went in 8.40 while most of the others clocked in between 5:45 and 5:55. The start was not fast. First three miles in 17.30 meaning the pace was 5.50 or towards 1.16. Then I sped up until the course mistake, which sort of turned the mood. I did keep the 5.45 for a few miles more and then faded towards the end. I still think with all things optimal and somebody running with me a time starting with 1.15 could have been possible. But not under 1.15. Gotta get back to training … and choose a bigger event for the next attempt at breaking 1.15 in the half.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Felt good so I decided to check how I can do half on a flat course. Could I run it under 1.15 just like that? Again, Baytrail as the main course and this time Palo Alto as the neighborhood. Normal SF peninsula weather meaning very good for running a good time. Well, I didn’t get … Continue reading “Palo Alto Half”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.valimaki.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.valimaki.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.valimaki.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.valimaki.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.valimaki.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1052"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.valimaki.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1057,"href":"https:\/\/www.valimaki.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1052\/revisions\/1057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.valimaki.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.valimaki.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.valimaki.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}