So 1:36:57 for the Queens Half-Marathon, my best 1/2 marathon time in five years. Faded a little at the end, but not dramatically. Overall … I’ll take it!
My time is a 7:24 pace (good for 369 out of 2,616 runners; 333 of 1,698 men). It’s sobering to think to qualify for Boston I’ll need to run faster than that, for twice as far.
But hey, I was four minutes faster than my time in the Brooklyn half two months ago, so I’m on the right track…
Chelle ran an incredibly fast race — I’ll let her tell her own story, but damn I was impressed… I think a lot of us were.
The race itself was good, kinda pretty. I thought the course is a little twisty, with a lot of turns and not enough straightaways. But they had a great cover band playing tunes for us at the staging area.
Hey, I’m impressed the Rumrats were able to tear themselves away from White Castle to give you some good sounds at the staging area.
Great race. 1:36 would be awesome in my book. If Boston qualifying is your goal then I prescribe watching Red Sox games all summer and a few Bruins championship year reruns. Oh, and run more too.
Good job.
Great finishing time 1:36. My finishing time is 2:10. It was an awesome day for the race. Queens is always my favorite course.
Hey, not all of us are White Castle’s fanatics!!!