* I would be reminiscent if I failed to mention September 11th. This is a day that will always live heavy in my heart and I will never forget.*
This Sunday is my fall goal race – the Navy Air Force Half Marathon. I’ve been thinking about this race for awhile and when I signed up, I set an ambitious (one might even call it aggressive) goal: sub 2, baby! I’ve trained really hard this summer through yucky humidity and I’m really excited to go out there and give it my all. That being said, here are my goals for the race this weekend:
- A goal: SUB-2! I would be happy with 1:59:59, which is a 9:10 pace. I think this is possible if the weather is perfect and I feel great. My plan is to start a little slower than goal pace and get faster as the race goes along.
- B goal: 2:05-2:09. This would still be a huge (double digit) PR for me and I feel confident I can hit these times.
- C goal: A PR. My current half marathon PR is 2:20 — I haven’t run a half marathon in quite awhile, though so I should definitely PR unless something very bad happens (a la norovirus).
I feel really good about the goals I’ve set and am optimistic about this weekend. Lots of my friends are running this race as well, so that should be super fun. Fingers crossed for low temps AND low humidity!
Who else is racing this weekend? Share your goals and don’t forget…tomorrow’s Friday Five topic is blogs to love!
you are gonna PR so hard the race is gonna feel it for weeks. i can easily see you going sub-2. the day i’m feasibly aiming for a sub 2 will be… a good day. i’ll be cheering you on hard girl – i’ll be running my roommate into the finish at the parks half, but you’ll be in my heart! <3
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awww thanks friend! hope you have a great weekend — happy birthday week / weekend!! 🙂
Way to go-I’m thinking you’ve got a big PR ahead of you 🙂 Starting slower and speeding up at the end is a gameplan that usually works really well for me!
yeah, i’m bad at the whole starting slow thing but really really gonna try hard this weekend 🙂 thanks for the encouragement!
you got this baby!!! See you soon 🙂 My goals for the race are to run slow and easy. This is my drop back week so just getting my miles in and cheering on my BRF are all I’m aiming for!
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those sound like pretty great goals! 🙂 can’t wait to see you soon! we still need to talk about saturday! 🙂
Kick butt! I’m not racing this weekend, but I have a 20miler planned. Ugh. Hopefully the weather is better than last weekend.
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thanks for the well wishes! hope that your 20 miler goes AMAZINGLY WELL! you’ve got this 🙂
You’re absolutely going to hit that A goal! I’ll be thinking of you and cheering from afar! xo
aw, thank you dear! love you!!
GOOD LUCK! You’ve been training hard through this stank-a** heat; you’ll fly through the gorgeous weather on Sunday!
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hahaha, thanks lady!
You’ve been training so hard – you are more than ready! Good luck!!
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thanks michelle! i’m really excited about this race 🙂
Go get it girl!!! You have trained very hard for this and you’re totally ready! Can’t wait to hear how you do! And don’t forget to have fun too! 🙂
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thank you so much! i’m really excited to race! 🙂
You can do it!!! Good luck 🙂
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thanks nicole! 🙂
I feel a HUGE PR coming your way. You got this Courtney!! See ya Sunday.
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thanks Jen! see you sunday 🙂
I love how you set multiple goals. So smart. I hope that you have a wonderful race.
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thank you so much abby!
ahhh good luck!!!
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thanks, lady!
You are going to do great! I hear the waether is going to be beautiful!!
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thanks sue! i hope so too 🙂
I’m so excited for you! You’re gonna smash this race, you’ve put in so much hard work!
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Great goals, can’t wait to hear how the race went.
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