Palermo City Half Marathon

Sun November 18 2007
Listed by Marts
Entrants (3) Club PB SB Pred Time WAVA
EO Werrington Joggers 1:48:54 1:49:39 1:56:09 56.47
FlyingKiwi Yippee! Finally I have cracked the 1:45 barrier! I did it by going out a bit slower than normal, and running at a good, consistant pace :) :) :) :) Werrington Joggers 1:44:10 1:44:10 1:44:10 61.90
Pupas Had decided, the previous day, not to race it and use the entry as a training run, part because I had some wine, part because I wasn't sure how hip was going to behave, and part because I had had some tummy problems (again!) and very little sleep the previous week. So I thought, no point to get stressed about it. Run without my bottle water (good) and managed to go round by using the water stations and sponges provided. Didn't suffer from migraines/dehydration that afternoon/evening. The weather was a wee bit warmer, but the rain was soothing. Very steady pace: 1st couple of miles around 5.30ish min/km; up to mile 10, 5.20ish min/km. I was feeling strong and great, so I thought to push for the last 3 miles and run around 5 min/km the rest of the 1/2. Great no problems! Of course (!?) I was disappointed that I hadn't pushed a bit earlier, steadily but a bit faster earlier; it could have been another pb. Could have, but you never know. Decided to run for a bit longer as warm down (3 more miles), and including warm up that makes a total of 17 miles!! (PB in distance). Feeling very stiff today, 2 days after. During the race a had a couple of niggles. At around mile 4 my right knee felt like starting to seize, very gentle. I thought to myself, this is the GER, in another mile it'll go and them half way the hip willl start. THAT didn't happen. Somewhere after the half point, I started having some niggles in my left arch. When it was most uncomfortable, I'd crinch the foot, and that felt like easing off something. Foot OK after stopping. Lesson learnt: I need to prepare my races, to have a strategy; not leaving it to the chance and then be disappointed with myself. It's not only the physical and mental training. Lesson learnt: I am confident I can do the whole marathon, and if everything goes as it's at the moment, I believe I could do it just under 4 hours: 5.20-5.30 min/km was a very comfortable pace; I certainly felt on Sunday I could run for longer (although don't know how much longer :) ) Werrington Joggers 1:53:00 1:53:00 1:54:09 56.62

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