Couple of firsts :)
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victory68
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I usually run outside but the smoke levels are too dangerous for that right now and Anytime Fitness is free this weekend in my town to give people a place to shower and breathe clean air. So today was my first time on a treadmill. I actually really liked it. I obviously prefer to be outside but I liked how it helped me keep my pace steady. I set it to my typical distance pace and took off. Which brings me to my second 1st. 2 hours and 33 minutes later I completed my first half marathon! I really only do 5ks and every now and then run a 10k just for the heck of it but today I ran my own half marathon! I know it's not very fast but it was my first and I was just happy to make it all the way through the 13.1 miles! What were your guy's times the first time you went that distance and what are they now?
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Congratulations on running your first 13.1 miles. I ran my first 13 miles shortly before my first HM race. It was about 2:25. I ended up not running that race, thanks to a pelvic stress fracture I developed 5 days before the event. When I finally ran my first HM, two years later, I did 2:08. My current PR is 2:00:40, but I'm hoping to beat that at my race next week.0
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It's always a good feeling to run a new long distance!
I don't remember how long it took the first time I ran 13 miles, but it was 13.4 miles in a paced training run with a target pace of 8:30 per mile, so it should have been somewhere around 1:54. I can look up the time for my first half marathon race; that was 1:32:24. I haven't got much faster than that, and I don't expect to ever equal my half marathon PR of 1:28:49; but now I finish half marathons in better physical shape and with less need for recovery than I did in my first one. A typical half for me now would be in the 1:30 to 1:33 range for a race, and in the 1:40 to 1:48 range for a training run of half marathon distance.0 -
My first half marathon last year was 2:24:06
This year it was 2:17:351 -
My first Half Marathon was a 2:15 finish
Current Official PR is: 2:01:09
Unofficial PR: 1:59:30 First Half of Grandma's marathon
Fastest in training (not counting a quick water break): 1:53:05
Just looking at that, I realize how far I've come in a little over a year.
Keep up the running, you did great!0 -
I ran my first half marathon in 2003 in 2:05:xx. My second half marathon the next year was also 2:05:xx. I ran my third half marathon in 2012 in 2:05:xx. Seeing a pattern here? After that I really started getting into running and increasing my mileage. Last year I ran two half marathons in October on back to back weekends in 1:39:58 and 1:39:57. I guess you can say I am at least consistent!1
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Thank you guys this is actually really inspiring
I love to see the improvement and hear your different stories. I ran it just to see if I could and now that I know I can I'm thinking of signing up for an official race.
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I was late to the half marathon game and ran my first hm race after I had done a marathon. I don't remember exactly, but was in the 1:52-54 range. My hm pr was in March 2016 and was 1:25. I seem to be hovering around 1:26 this year. My hm split in my recent marathons have been 1:27-1:29. Ftr, I am a woman over 40.2
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My first HM was 2:07:58, and my race PR is 2:04:xx.
Difficult to compare different races though as they're all trail with wildly varying elevation profiles. I think my slowest was 2:45:xx, the day after two trail 10Ks.0 -
spiriteagle99 wrote: »Congratulations on running your first 13.1 miles. I ran my first 13 miles shortly before my first HM race. It was about 2:25. I ended up not running that race, thanks to a pelvic stress fracture I developed 5 days before the event. When I finally ran my first HM, two years later, I did 2:08. My current PR is 2:00:40, but I'm hoping to beat that at my race next week.
I ended up with a 1:54:27 at the race on Sunday. Not bad for a 60 year old. (I won my AG and an apple pie.)4
