July 20, 2014- Rock n Roll Chicago Half Marathon Review- 14 miles total. In retrospect, its kinda funny to me after all these races that I still dont learn my lesson with some things. This race wasnt bad, but there are a number of controllable things I could have done that would have made it better. 1. Fewer miles this week. To finish the week with the race and be at 83 miles was too much. By mile 8 I could feel that! I was beat. By mile 12 I was getting passed. My pace had dropped to about a 7:20. 2. Better diet. I should have had a bagel or something the morning of. I was hungry when I showed up to the start line and that contributed to a slower finish. 3. Not enough sleep. I had 5 hours of sleep the night before which didnt help my cause. Overall, it was a fun race. Ive grown to love this course. Although, this year it changed a bit and they seemed to weave us in circles a lot more than prior years. I need to improve my diet, cross-training and balance my miles with the gym. Im not shooting for 100 miles a week anymore. Im looking for a solid 80-90 that is well balanced with other enhancing factors.
Posted on: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 13:13:03 +0000