Evidence
I ran 13.5 miles today, and my half-marathon split was exactly the kind of validation I was thinking about.
Today's run: 13.5 miles, 1:52:05, average pulse 157, 1792 calories.
Altitude change: +1013, -1023 feet.
Half-marathon split: 1:49:02.
Compare it to these halves I ran:
KP Half 2010: 1:47:22, average pulse 172, +360, -561 feet. Today's run twice as hilly, 100 seconds slower, average pulse 15 bpm less.
Rock'N'Roll 2007: 1:58:32, average pulse around 170, essentially flat.
Training run June 2008: 13.1 miles, 1:56:31, average pulse 158, +1246, -997. Less flat to work with, but much slower at the same pulse.
No taper today, one drink of water at the halfway point. And I did 45 miles last week.
I'm at 21.5 miles this week, plus I'm doing 13 on Thursday. So with 7.5 tomorrow, I just have one 8-miler to go to hit 50. That's the trick. 50 isn't so bad if you can do 2 runs of more than 10.
Today's run: 13.5 miles, 1:52:05, average pulse 157, 1792 calories.
Altitude change: +1013, -1023 feet.
Half-marathon split: 1:49:02.
Compare it to these halves I ran:
KP Half 2010: 1:47:22, average pulse 172, +360, -561 feet. Today's run twice as hilly, 100 seconds slower, average pulse 15 bpm less.
Rock'N'Roll 2007: 1:58:32, average pulse around 170, essentially flat.
Training run June 2008: 13.1 miles, 1:56:31, average pulse 158, +1246, -997. Less flat to work with, but much slower at the same pulse.
No taper today, one drink of water at the halfway point. And I did 45 miles last week.
I'm at 21.5 miles this week, plus I'm doing 13 on Thursday. So with 7.5 tomorrow, I just have one 8-miler to go to hit 50. That's the trick. 50 isn't so bad if you can do 2 runs of more than 10.