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Philadelphia Rock and Roll Half Marathon

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Location:

Lake Orion,MI,

Member Since:

Dec 28, 2011

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PRs

16:52 Phillies Charities 5k (2016)

35:52 Beach to Beacon 10k (2015)

58:10 Broad Street 10 Mile (2016)

1:16:02 Philadelphia Rock and Roll Half Marathon (2015)

2:46:54 Philadelphia Marathon (2015)

Personal:

I live in Michigan with my wife, Megan, and our boys, Charlie and Sawyer. I started running in September 2010.

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Miles:This week: 17.80 Month: 188.40 Year: 510.50
Miles With Megan Lifetime Miles: 613.75
Nike Zoom Streak LT2 White/Orange Lifetime Miles: 189.95
Saucony Kinvara 5 Viziglow Lifetime Miles: 530.45
Kinvara 10 Lifetime Miles: 186.30
Kinvara 10 II Lifetime Miles: 137.80
Miles With The Boys Lifetime Miles: 99.90
Nike Zoom Streak LT4 Mr. Pinks Lifetime Miles: 21.60
Saucony ISO Freedom 3 Lifetime Miles: 609.15
Saucony ISO Freedom 3 #2 Lifetime Miles: 154.30
Altra Rivera Lifetime Miles: 337.95
Altra Rivera (Dark Blue) Lifetime Miles: 121.50
Saucony Kinvara 5 (2023 Vault Shoe) Lifetime Miles: 263.15
Saucony Kinvara 5 (2023 Vault Shoe II) Lifetime Miles: 228.00
Saucony Kinvara 13 Lifetime Miles: 188.90
Saucony Endorphin Pro Lifetime Miles: 170.00
Saucony Freedom 5 Lifetime Miles: 43.70
Saucony Kinvara 13 #2 Lifetime Miles: 20.30
Race: Philadelphia Rock and Roll Half Marathon (13.109 Miles) 01:17:50, Place overall: 144, Place in age division: 45
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.0013.100.0018.10

Much I could say about this race, and yet it seems to occasion little comment. (Also, my browser quit and my report was getting long even though the original had a similar opening).

I underestimated my fitness for this race, but I ran perhaps the best race I've run so far. Before I begin, I would also like to thank/apologize to the Rodin Museum for my use of its bushes.

The rich chocolatey goodness from my Timex (beautiful, simple device it is): 5:55, 5:52 +8 (I think I bumped the split button or double fired, so 6 flat), 6:01, 11:49 (miles 4 and 5, had to wave to Megan, missed mile 4, so 5:55ish average), 5:59, 5:56, 6:02.5 (just so I have nothing above 6:02), 6:02. 5:57, 5:51, 5:59, 5:51, 37 seconds. Not sure what happened at end because I definitely kicked faster than 6:10 if I was running 5:51.

The first mile was fast according to pre-race plan, but perfect effort. I knew I was in for a good day at mile 1-2. The first 4 miles felt easy on the approproate effort scale and I really felt comfortable until 10-11 and didn't really start dying until mile 12-12.75, which probably means my effort was close to ideal because I started to really feel it at that point.

Around miles 6-8 I was running with a woman and a few dudes. She politely asked that someone else take the pace, so I said "Thank you. I got you." I went in front our pack for a little bit, but she apparently didn't like my pacing because she pulled out in front of me again. (Fine. I tried. I can tell you are struggling. Have a nice race). She was getting advice from a dude on a bike who I thought was race support, but I think he was a friend and he started to annoy me. He said we were on 1:18 pace, and I was sure we were at least on 1:18, but I couldn't tell high/llow. I dropped her around mile 11 or 12.

Tangents were't great I am guessing though mile 8-10 and mile 12 (winding, but not difficult if you know how to navigate), but I did my best (I'm working on a theory about tangents and race perception, incidentally).  Got some encouragement from a guy who came up behind me and who ran just in front of me into the finish. I'll post a photo of me patting him on the back when I figure out how. I was very happy to see that I was near the 13 mile mark, but not to hear guy who encouraged us "you're almost home, just uphill to the finish." (It's a slight grade as it turns out). I could see the clock ticking 1:17:42 and knew I had 5 seconds for the chip but still ran with what I had left. I think I crossed at 1:17:55 or :56, with a chip time of 1:17:50. A PR of 3 minutes and 35 seconds (not to be too exact).

3 mile cool down, followed by some walking and a ridiculous brunch w/ mimosas w/ Megan.

I have one more key race this fall, at which I will mount an assault on the 75-76 minute mark.

Thanks to the blog community and Sasha. This space makes me a better runner and better person.

(I have no idea how to embed pics)

https://plus.google.com/photos/114497105256921785165/albums/5924437984633666753

Newton MV2 (3) Miles: 15.10Saucony Kinvara 2 Miles: 3.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Derunzo on Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 10:16:34 from 24.218.179.128

WooHoo..... fast as lightning!

From Bret on Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 10:42:15 from 166.147.123.17

Nice!!!

From Andrea on Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 10:49:32 from 67.177.11.154

Awesome!! I saw your split at 10 mile and was worried that you were slowing down but you really finished strong. Congrats!

From allie on Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 11:41:23 from 97.126.216.153

excelente.

From Jake K on Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 11:42:41 from 174.238.64.237

Well deserved GIGANTIC PR! Nothing like knocking a cheeky 3-4 minutes off your best :-)

Congrats Jason - I'm not surprised, you've put in the work for this... but bringing it together on race day is always a challenge, and you stepped up and knocked this one out of the park.

From RileyCook on Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 14:18:18 from 174.52.234.49

Awesome! Nice work, can't wait to read the report.

From Matt Schreiber on Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 14:49:09 from 66.17.102.185

Great job Jason! Very impressive. Lookin' forward to that report, too! Looks like it was full of lots of fast miles.

From JimF on Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 17:35:25 from 98.222.218.178

Congratulations on a great race and awesome time!

From jtshad on Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 07:50:04 from 141.221.191.225

Congrats on a strong race and new PR! Impressive.

From SlowJoe on Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 17:20:52 from 66.69.93.8

Dang man, congrats! Let's get the details already...

From RileyCook on Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 10:30:34 from 132.3.57.82

Nice report. Great splits for the last few miles. It's great you were able to close well running that far ahead of your PR (It can be a challenge mentally and takes courage to run that much faster than you have before). Congrats again.

From Jason D on Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 11:43:53 from 128.210.82.162

Thanks, everyone. I don't do this without your encouragement (or not as well at least).

Report is up.

@ Riley: I can probably count on my fingers and toes the number of sub-6 minute miles I have run, so there was a lot of unprecedentedness for this race.

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