Re: Nervous about the Half

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Oh, April - it'll be a breeze!!!! :-)

You say you're prepared. it sounds like you're prepared ... last minute

jitters are normal.

Having mile 10 land right in front of your house is fortuitous... I

always play

mind games when I exercise and here, you can say - " just as long as I get

to my house, I'll be OK " ... and once you get there - " three more miles?

That's

nothing " ...

Tell us how you do .... I'm particularly interested in your pace. I'm an

emergent runner (although it will never compare to cycling, IMHO), but

I'm slow. On the treadmill, I can run comfortably at 5 MPH for an hour

(12 min. mile). I'm going to try my first REAL 5K run this spring. If I

can come in under 35 minutes, I'll be thrilled.

Mitch

arminor75 wrote:

>My first half marathon is this Sunday. I'm starting to get very

>nervous about it. I feel prepared, I've done all my training, but I'm

>starting to get butterflies almost daily just thinking about it. The

>longest training run I did was 11 miles. Very few training schedules

>have you do the full amount of miles in training, that way you can

>hit that milestone for the first time the day of the race, but it has

>me nervous.

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>The good thing is I hit mile 10 right in front of my house, so

>mentally I will be in a comfort zone for the last three miles.

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>Ohhhh, wish me luck!

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>April

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[Guest guest]

Oh, April, I'm so excited for you! Just think of how you will feel

when you cross that finish line! You are going to do beautifullly!!!

Good luck!!!!

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> My first half marathon is this Sunday. I'm starting to get very

> nervous about it. I feel prepared, I've done all my training, but

I'm

> starting to get butterflies almost daily just thinking about it.

The

> longest training run I did was 11 miles. Very few training

schedules

> have you do the full amount of miles in training, that way you can

> hit that milestone for the first time the day of the race, but it

has

> me nervous.

>

> The good thing is I hit mile 10 right in front of my house, so

> mentally I will be in a comfort zone for the last three miles.

>

> Ohhhh, wish me luck!

>

> April

[Guest guest]

I'll definitely post a " post-race report " for you guys. As far as

pace, Mitch, if you are doing a 12-minute mile average for hour long

runs, you'll be much faster for a 5K race. On my long training runs,

I start with about a 12-minute mile pace, but once I'm warmed up, I

end up averaging somewhere around 11 minute miles. But, when I race

5Ks, I do more of a 9:30 or 10 minute mile average. I think it's all

the adrenaline, plus running a shorter distance. From what I've read,

it is a very normal response to be faster when you are actually in a

race situation than when you are running alone.

Thanks!

April

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> >My first half marathon is this Sunday. I'm starting to get very

> >nervous about it. I feel prepared, I've done all my training, but

I'm

> >starting to get butterflies almost daily just thinking about it.

The

> >longest training run I did was 11 miles. Very few training

schedules

> >have you do the full amount of miles in training, that way you can

> >hit that milestone for the first time the day of the race, but it

has

> >me nervous.

> >

> >The good thing is I hit mile 10 right in front of my house, so

> >mentally I will be in a comfort zone for the last three miles.

> >

> >Ohhhh, wish me luck!

> >

> >April

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[Guest guest]

April

You are going to do GREAT! Imagine how you'll feel when you hit that

finish line and just keep your mind on that. I think butterflies are

totally normal. Heck, even with the 5k we ran last weekend the entire

way there I kept thinking " Maybe we shouldn't...maybe just go to Seattle

instead... " I know I'm going to do that, but I also know I'll never

actually quit.

I am SO impressed with the half marathon! Whahoo!

> Nervous about the Half

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> My first half marathon is this Sunday. I'm starting to get very

> nervous about it. I feel prepared, I've done all my training, but I'm

> starting to get butterflies almost daily just thinking about it. The

> longest training run I did was 11 miles. Very few training schedules

> have you do the full amount of miles in training, that way you can

> hit that milestone for the first time the day of the race, but it has

> me nervous.

>

> The good thing is I hit mile 10 right in front of my house, so

> mentally I will be in a comfort zone for the last three miles.

>

> Ohhhh, wish me luck!

>

> April

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