I am now 5 weeks away from the Boston Marathon. I've been having trouble fitting long runs into my schedule. I ran 15 miles yesterday, and it was only the second time I've run that far in four months. Needless to say, I'm a little worried about how Boston will go for me. I'm resigned to the fact that I won't be running a PR there. But that's OK.
This Sunday is the NYC Half Marathon. It will be a good indicator of what kind of shape I'm in. Today, my brother emailed me and asked what my best half marathon was. I realized that I knew my PR, but I couldn't remember too many of my half marathon races before 2008. So I looked them up.
1:21:41 (6:14/mile) 1998 Staten Island Half
1:22:26 (6:17/mile) 1996 Brooklyn Half
1:22:32 (6:18/mile) 2012 Brooklyn half .
1:22:45 (6:19/mile) 1995 Brooklyn Half
1:22:58 (6:20/mile) 2002 Grete's Gallop
1:23:08 (6:20/mile) 2008 Grete's Gallop.
1:23:09 (6:20/mile) 1995 Queens Half marathon
1:23:33 (6:23/mile) 2012 NYC half.
It was interesting to note that it seems there was a gap from 1998 to 2008 where I didn't really run quality half marathons. I should also say that I stopped running marathons between 2000 and 2008. So maybe, that has something to do with it. Anyway, it's nice to see that my times haven't dropped off too much.
