half history

sunday i will be running my 6th half marathon!! i love half marathons, it's probably my favorite distance. it's still an awesome accomplishment, but doesn't take quite as much out of you as a full does. plus you get to run faster :)

i am running the napa to sonoma half marathon which i am really excited about. i have run another one of the destinations races and they are great! all through wine country, small race, organized, beautiful courses, and wine tasting at the end! all the rohos will be there too along with a few other bloggers and some friends from high school, it should be a FUN weekend and race!

i was looking over my past 5 half marathons and i noticed a little pattern...

#1 - 1:51:03: see jane run, automatic PR
#2 - 1:51:15: san jose rock n roll half, just miss PR
#3 - 1:48:14: healdsburg, PR
#4 - 1:48:58: KP, just miss PR
#5 - 1:44:27: shamrock, PR

i have #6 and #7 coming up this weekend and next, and i can guarantee you i will be breaking this pattern... #7 will not be a PR :) haha but will #6??

i would LOVE if i could "just miss" my PR this weekend, i don't know if i have that in me right now, or if the weather will be permitting (could be a hot one!). i really have no idea what to expect this weekend from my legs... but i do know it will be fun and that's all i am caring about right now :)

next weekend is san francisco, i hate to say it, but i think it will probably be a PW. it's a tough course, and i know i shouldn't "race" 2 weekends in a row right now... that i should treat it as a training run and just enjoy the course and have fun, so those are my main goals. i will probably be running with my camera too :)

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last night was the sunset run in the city hosted by fleet feet. there was awful traffic and we were all late getting there but we made it. there was also definitely not a sunset... it was so cold, foggy and windy! it's crazy what a 25 mile drive will do to the weather around here. it was 95+ in the east bay and not even 60 in san francisco... but i am NOT complaining :)

it was a nice run, always fun to catch up with the girls and get an awesome nike tech shirt :)

5.0 miles/44:06/8:49 avg pace

this morning i got up for an 8 miler and decided to bring the pups with me! kylie and i headed out for the first 4 miles. she did SO good, i was so happy with how well she was running with me, not pulling and paying attention to where i was going. we then went to the school near our house that has a .6 mile gravel path around the outside of baseball fields and ran a few laps there. she saw a possum and i think i have leash burn on my arm now - she wanted that thing!! there were also 2 cats taunting her that she wanted to go chase badly :) but overall she did SO good and was definitely beat when we got home.

kylie miles: 4.0 miles/36:44/9:11 avg pace

i dropped kylie off and emma and i headed out the door. she was also running so well this morning and i was really happy!! she was doing so good and keeping a great pace, so i decided to go out another 1/2 mile to make a total of 9 for the day and 5 with her. we were about a mile from home and had to stop at the stoplight for a minute and after that she was just done... emma hit the wall :) she was going really slow, so i decided to just take a short cut home and walk with her. i am always nervous of pushing them too hard and hurting them, so i didn't want to do that. i don't think she has ever been so calm on a "walk" before :) we jogged a bit after she looked a little more energized so it didn't take so long to get home for a total of 4.4 miles.

emma miles: 4.4 miles/38:55/8:50 avg pace

total: 8.4 miles/1:15:39/9:00 avg pace

my friends are coming up tonight and then a big group of us are hitting the expo on saturday... it's going to be a fun weekend! be on the lookout for my race report sunday night! i can never keep them in my brain too long :) have a great weekend!