{"id":3686,"date":"2011-09-05T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-05T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/?p=3686"},"modified":"2011-09-04T21:09:56","modified_gmt":"2011-09-05T01:09:56","slug":"emerald-city-half-marathonin-the-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/?p=3686","title":{"rendered":"Emerald City Half Marathon&ndash;In the Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wlWriterHeaderFooter\" style=\"float:none; margin:0px; padding:4px 0px 4px 0px;\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/widgets\/like.php?href=http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/?p=3686\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; width:450px; height:80px\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>When I signed up for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emeraldcityhalfmarathon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Emerald City<\/a> race, I signed up for the <strong>quarter marathon<\/strong>.&#160; I knew that the Columbus Half was my goal race, so EC would be a <strong>training run<\/strong>.&#160; Then one of my pace coaches with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trainwithmit.com\/\">MIT<\/a> talked me into the half.&#160; No biggie, 2 halves in 6 weeks, I could do it.&#160; I then planned on using <strong>EC as a training run.<\/strong>&#160; Then my training was going well and I decided that maybe I could actually <strong>race EC and get a new PR<\/strong>.&#160; My current PR is 2:01:22.&#160; <\/p>\n<p>When I went to bed Saturday night, I tried to focus on my breathing &amp; drift off to sleep.&#160; There was nothing more I could do at that point to improve my race, so no point in obsessing about it, right?&#160; I fell asleep only to be awoken by storms at 12:30 AM and dear Hannah freaking out.&#160; Mean mom that I am, I gave her <strong>2 choices.<\/strong>&#160; <em>1.&#160; Go back to sleep in my bed or 2.&#160; Continue to whine and get your butt back in your own bed<\/em>.&#160; She opted for #1, but had to be <strike>threatened<\/strike> reminded a few times.&#160; <\/p>\n<p>I got up at 5:00 AM and began to get ready.&#160; The storms were on the way out, so I was hopeful the race would go on.&#160; I ate a quick bowl of Rice Chex as my pre-run fuel.&#160; I have been practicing with dry cereal since January for pre-run fuel and as one of my MIT coaches preaches \u201cNothing new on race day\u201d.&#160; The key for me seems to be little to no sugar, but carbs.&#160; Kix, Rice Chex, GF Rice Krispies all work for me.<\/p>\n<p>As I was driving to Dublin, saw lightning off in the distance and said a quick prayer that the race would go off on time.&#160; The later the race went off, the hotter &amp; more humid it would be.&#160; The race did indeed start at 7:00 AM with a light rain.&#160; If you run, you know that a light rain is <strong>nice<\/strong> in temps like we had today.&#160; While I didn\u2019t originally think it was humid out, I soon discovered that I was wrong.&#160; <\/p>\n<p>I train using HR (heart rate) training.&#160; This method has me keeping my HR in certain zones, not running at a pre-set pace.&#160; My HR was not happy with the humidity and then came the hills.&#160; I tried to keep my HR in the zones I was supposed to, but it was hard.&#160;&#160; The middle miles of the race took us through a metro park that had a lot of ups &amp; downs. I was able to pick up the pace after mile 9-10, but once I found out that I wasn\u2019t going to PR, I pulled back a little.&#160; No point in killing myself when I have another race in 6 weeks that will most likely be much cooler and flatter, which should = a better chance at a PR.&#160; <\/p>\n<p>This was my 4th half marathon &amp; my 2nd fastest.&#160; I am very proud of my time and my performance!&#160; While it is discouraging that I didn\u2019t meet my goal of a new PR, I finished and am feeling pretty good right now.&#160; I need to focus and figure out how to goof-proof my plan for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.columbusmarathon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Columbus Half<\/a> in October.&#160; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/emc.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; 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