Finished the Detroit Half Marathon and I'm now proudly displaying my 13.1 sticker on my back windshield 
I did better than I thought... and it was kinda stupid...
I ran 13.1 miles in 1 hour 53 minutes. Not sure what that averages per mile, but my best mile was 7 minutes 40 seconds at mile 7. Man was it cold and the tunnel back to the states was hot!
My average heart rate for the race was 174. My max heart rate reached was 183. The highest I've ever seen my heart rate was 199 back in March, and I saw it at 195 two weeks ago. I burned 2,146 calories and I took a nice hot bath when I got home around 3, took an hour nap, went to church (almost fell asleep ) and was back in bed by 7:30pm.
Didn't sleep as good as I thought. My legs ache... Surprisingly, they feel pretty good today. though and i'm well on my way to recovery. I mean, I can tell I ran a hard, fast (for me) 13.1 miles , but they are not as bad as when I finished the Crim (10 miles) where I averaged 9.34 per mile.
In all, I felt pretty good until about 10.5 miles. The rest was sheer will power. At 11.5 miles they had a group of runners surrounding another runner in the middle of the road as they shouted, "Runner Down" and we swerved to miss him. The man was in his early 30's I've been told. He was completely blue.... and a sobering reminder that I'm not supposed to run with a heart rate above 160, and never sustain anything at 170 or above... In total, three runners lost their lives due to cardiac arrest yesterday doing what they enjoyed, and pushing themselves beyond their limits.
May the grace of our Lord be over them and their families.
Jeff
I did better than I thought... and it was kinda stupid...
I ran 13.1 miles in 1 hour 53 minutes. Not sure what that averages per mile, but my best mile was 7 minutes 40 seconds at mile 7. Man was it cold and the tunnel back to the states was hot!
My average heart rate for the race was 174. My max heart rate reached was 183. The highest I've ever seen my heart rate was 199 back in March, and I saw it at 195 two weeks ago. I burned 2,146 calories and I took a nice hot bath when I got home around 3, took an hour nap, went to church (almost fell asleep
) and was back in bed by 7:30pm.Didn't sleep as good as I thought. My legs ache... Surprisingly, they feel pretty good today. though and i'm well on my way to recovery. I mean, I can tell I ran a hard, fast (for me) 13.1 miles , but they are not as bad as when I finished the Crim (10 miles) where I averaged 9.34 per mile.
In all, I felt pretty good until about 10.5 miles. The rest was sheer will power. At 11.5 miles they had a group of runners surrounding another runner in the middle of the road as they shouted, "Runner Down" and we swerved to miss him. The man was in his early 30's I've been told. He was completely blue.... and a sobering reminder that I'm not supposed to run with a heart rate above 160, and never sustain anything at 170 or above... In total, three runners lost their lives due to cardiac arrest yesterday doing what they enjoyed, and pushing themselves beyond their limits.
May the grace of our Lord be over them and their families.
Jeff
