October 15, 2005
2005 INDIANAPOLIS HALF-MARATHON
In a few hours I'll be out at Fort Benjamin Harrison on the east side of Indianapolis (officially, I think it's called Lawrence) participating in the 10th Annual Indianapolis Marathon / Half-Marathon. This year's race marks the fifth time I'll run/walk a half-marathon, with the goal still being to someday participate in and complete a full marathon (most likely Chicago's or maybe even next year's 26+ mile run here in Indianapolis).
Anyway, my previous attempts at the half-marathon have successfully ended like this:
- 2004 Indianapolis Half-Marathon (Oct. 16, 2004): 2:57:29
- 2004 500 Festival Half-Marathon (May 10, 2004): 3:15:00
- 2003 Indianapolis Half-Marathon (Oct. 18, 2003): 3:36:47
- 2003 500 Festival Half-Marathon (May 3, 2003): 4:01:18
Today, I'm aiming to finish in two hours and fifty minutes (2:50:00); which is around seven minutes better than the personal best I set last October when the race was run in 50-degree temperatures.
The weatherman says today's race will be run under sunny skies with temperatures in the low 60's, so it might be a little easier to loosen up and shave valuable time when and where it couts mosts (for me, that's usually over the last three miles or so of the race). We'll see. I'll post my time later this afternoon, after I get home and devour a medium pizza from either Domino's or Pizza Express (hey, that's just part of the... err 'my' tradition).
Happy Saturday!
Posted by Mikal at October 15, 2005 5:58 AM
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