La Jolla Half Marathon

[klari]

The race was yesterday! I approached this race a little differently from the other races that I've been in. This time I wanted to win! That is... I wanted to beat my personal record 2:44:07 from 2009 AFC. Unfortunately, La Jolla Half Marathon has the reputaton of being the hardest out of the 3 jewels of the Triple Crown (Carlsbad, La Jolla, AFC

Comments

[madbard]

Congrats!

(And it's not a good race unless there's a couple of heart attacks.)

[klari]

You'll be glad to know, Runner's World magazine says that marathoners are not more prone to heart attacks, you just hear more about heart attack during marathons. It's like a plane crash, scary but still safer than driving. Also, if you have a heart attack during a marathon, you have a 75% chance of survival versus 15% if you just drop out on the street.

[madbard]

I'm sure there's also the added effect of people who don't train enough and then over exert themselves. (I'll let you know how many I see at mile 23.2 of the Pgh Marathon on Sunday.)

Congratulations on improving your time. It sounds like you had quite the adventure.

[klari]

Good luck! You should you you are anonymous in this reply.

[bhudson]

It's a good sign when the post-race nap starts to be longer than the race. Shaving off 19 minutes from your record is pretty awesome.

[klari]

Yeah, but now my knees are starting to bug. That was a lot of downhill.