Ran a great race at the Indianapolis Mini Marathon — a new PR for the half marathon distance: 1:35:51. I didn’t go into the race even thinking I had a shot at a personal best, but the splits kept clicking off a little faster than my original plan. I finally decided to go for it around mile 10, and finished up with my three fastest splits to bring it home under 1:36. Although its only a 17 second improvement over the old PR, the old PR was set during my crazy mileage summer of 2008, just two months prior to my 3:14 marathon. Maybe this means I’m set to take down some more PRs through the summer and into the fall?
Kudos to Frank who took the crown back this year with a 1:34 (an amazing 4 minute PR!). We’ve traded the title in each of the last four years — this informal, unofficial competition of ours just gets better and better.
Made the photo section of the Indianapolis Star the following morning. I’m really, really tiny in the photo, but if you look closely you can definitely see my black Purdue “P” shirt and white cap. Fast and famous: what a combination!
Mini Marathon 2010
Ran a great race at the Indianapolis Mini Marathon — a new PR for the half marathon distance: 1:35:51. I didn’t go into the race even thinking I had a shot at a personal best, but the splits kept clicking off a little faster than my original plan. I finally decided to go for it around mile 10, and finished up with my three fastest splits to bring it home under 1:36. Although its only a 17 second improvement over the old PR, the old PR was set during my crazy mileage summer of 2008, just two months prior to my 3:14 marathon. Maybe this means I’m set to take down some more PRs through the summer and into the fall?
Kudos to Frank who took the crown back this year with a 1:34 (an amazing 4 minute PR!). We’ve traded the title in each of the last four years — this informal, unofficial competition of ours just gets better and better.
Made the photo section of the Indianapolis Star the following morning. I’m really, really tiny in the photo, but if you look closely you can definitely see my black Purdue “P” shirt and white cap. Fast and famous: what a combination!