{"id":5331,"date":"2013-09-20T18:01:50","date_gmt":"2013-09-20T23:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/?p=5331"},"modified":"2013-09-20T18:01:50","modified_gmt":"2013-09-20T23:01:50","slug":"trail-half-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2013\/trail-half-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"Trail Half Tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tomorrow I run the <a href=\"www.loppet.org\/trailloppet\/race-information\/\">Surly Trail Loppet Half Marathon<\/a>. \u00a0This is a fun\/tough course that I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2012\/trail-loppet-half-marathon-results\/\">ran last year<\/a> in 1:55:18. \u00a0I didn&#8217;t write much of a review last year, but it is pretty much all hills!<\/p>\n<p>Last year I did a 10k training plan as part of my training for the Square Lake Triathlon. \u00a0 I feel pretty good about tomorrow even though I&#8217;ve run a lot less hills &#8211; having 2 kids make slipping out for runs at Wirth harder. \u00a0My plan is to go out conservative and see where I&#8217;m at around the half way mark and pick it up from there.<\/p>\n<p>I think that means going out between 8:30 and 9 minute pace.<\/p>\n<p>Wish me luck!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m racing as part of Team World Vision raising funds for clean water projects in the Congo! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/worldvision\">$50 provides clean water for life for one person<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?w=625\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tomorrow I run the Surly Trail Loppet Half Marathon. \u00a0This is a fun\/tough course that I ran last year in 1:55:18. \u00a0I didn&#8217;t write much of a review last year, but it is pretty much all hills! Last year I did a 10k training plan as part of my training for the Square Lake Triathlon. 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Given my training I'm quite happy with my run. I'm very pleased with how it went based on my race plan. Go out slow and finish faster! 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