Comments on: Race Review: Indianapolis (Half) Marathon

By: crossn81

crossn81 — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 13:28:39 +0000

@dpeach I’m glad the review was helpful. Again, good luck and let me know if you have any questions about the race or Indy!

By: DPeach

DPeach — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:50:42 +0000

Thanks for the write-up and pointing me to the post. This is really helpful as I prepare to run my first marathon there in October.

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By: Mike the PCRobot

Mike the PCRobot — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 21:54:00 +0000

Congrats on a great time, and thanks for including my post!

By: Anderson Runner

Anderson Runner — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:24:00 +0000

Thanks Eugene and Joel, I am going to try and go out a little easier next weekend and see how that goes. Joel, thanks for stopping by and keep up the good work on the race!

By: Joel Sauer

Joel Sauer — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 04:01:00 +0000

Great write-up on the Indianapolis Half Marathon, I really enjoyed reading it. Hope to have you back next year. My advice would be to start a little bit slower and I think you will be able to hold your pace much longer. My fastest marathon had negative splits!

Take care. Joel Sauer (Race Director)

By: Eugene

Eugene — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:32:00 +0000

I have to say, if I would have had run your first 3 miles of a half marathon, I might have been panicing b/c of how fast it was. Since I’m a coach now, I’ll share my thought that I always start at 7:00 for the first mile (my pr is a 6:16 ave, and my first mile of that race was 7:01). It feels really slow, and people are flying by me. However, as the race goes on, it’s so much easier mentally when you’re flying past people as they are fatigued later in the race. And even if you’re hurting physically, it’s easier b/c you’re passing people. My goal is always to not die, and I can see how you were hurting mentally starting at a 6:30 and then having 8 and 9 minute miles later. If you do another one, I would suggest negative splitting, then I think you’ll break 90. In my long runs leading up to it, I like to run them exactly how I’ll race, maybe not the exact times, but starting out easy and finishing fast. Then, when the race comes, mentally, you’ll know what to do. Just a thought

How come there’s no video footage of the race on your blog?

By: Anderson Runner

Anderson Runner — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 17:44:00 +0000

Thanks Brian and great job! Is that an overall half-marathon PR?

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:51:00 +0000

This was my first half on this course. I had heard it was tougher than the mini course (pr 1:37:54) so I thought under 1:40 would be my goal. I started slow 7:41 mile 1. Then I started hitting some sub 7:20’s so I thought sub 1:35 overall would be nice, then I hit the hills. I have seen worse but they were still tough Mile 10 7:34. I pushed through to the finish at 1:36:00 (7:20 pace) Felt good after. good crowd support and good food. Will keep this race on my list.