Half-marathon: Will I finish in time?

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  • just_Jennie1
    just_Jennie1 Posts: 1,233
    train but don't overtrain, you will be fine.
    You have plenty of time.
    As for the time limit, what does that mean? Do they stop you if you are not at a certain point at a certain time?
    I am curious because in a recent run I was in there were runners that started in a corral towards the back that were under the time but were cut off anyway. Others said they didn't make the time but ran the entire thing anyway.
    I do think that many runners tend to get better times (as long as they are healthy for the run) because of adrenaline. I know my time surprised me.

    Not sure if this was answered as I don't feel like reading through but typically in marathons and half marathons they have "sweepers" cars that follow behind the runners. You're supposed to be at a certain point/pace at a certain time and if you're not then the sweepers pick you up and you're done.

    OP: You have 4 more months to train. There is no reason why you can't increase your pace time. Not sure what training you're following but I highly suggest doing speed intervals as well as tempo runs. When I was training for a half my program had one regular paced run, speed work where I had certain paces to run the speed portion at, one painfully slow recovery run and a long run. The following week the speed work was replaced with a tempo run at a certain pace. That helped my pace time a LOT.

    In all honesty though if this is your first half marathon then I wouldn't worry about time. You run your first and race your second. If you have to take walk breaks take walk breaks. It doesn't matter what time you finish it just matters that you finish.
    :) You'll be faster than you think in a race.

    There's always someone that needs to be passed. :D

    Yes, yes and YES! Give yourself little goals as you run. Pick someone out in the crowd that maybe you started near and who is ahead of you and make your goal to pass them. Then find another person etc. etc. It will keep it fun and challenging and give you the little internal "YES!" when you pass them.

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