Zachfit 2008 and Beyond

• 715/5136 place overall
•    548/2302 place among males
•    87/328 place in age group 30-34
• 1:45.23 total time
• 8:04 overall pace
•    53:57 6 mile split
•    9:00 0-6 mile pace

ING Hartford Half Marathon

First of all, I have never felt as good as I did today running a race, I really enjoyed the entire run. The weather was a huge factor, low 60’s, breezy and partly sunny = gorgeous. The other factor was running it with friends, we traded pole position throughout the race and it really pushed me to run faster. I was able to find a pace outside of my comfort range and was able to keep it up for longer than I thought. Luckily I didn’t get the super achy joints and aching in my previously fractured foot from 9 miles on. 

The prime reason for running the half was to get a feel for the distance so I can gauge how I would do in a Half Iron-Man. My pace for the 70.3 would probably around 9 minutes. Completely doable, now do I do one in the beginning of next season or wait until the end, hmmm or both?