seventhe: (Ohayo: Hose This Down)
So I ran the Pittsburgh Half Marathon on Sunday!

Before I went into the race, I had decided that my goal times were 2:20 (low end) and 2:10 (high end) - I would have been perfectly happy with the low-end time, about a 10:40 mile, and the high-end goal (a 10:00 mile) was for if I felt really good going into the race.

Well, I'm not really sure I felt all that good, but I pushed really, really hard, and I pretty much made my high-end goal time for myself. 13.1 miles in 2:10:56 was my official finishing time.

yes, I am still a little weird sharing my real name online (even though like 75% of you probably know it anyway)


[HM] Pittsburgh Half Marathon by seventhe on Garmin Connect


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I haven't taken a week off of running since January 1st.

I am really proud of [livejournal.com profile] jennyclarinet and I -- we talked about doing this while dressed in togas and drinking Four Loko!, and look what it turned into. Without Jenny I probably wouldn't have been able to stick with this, but knowing that Jenny was training hard and that we were going to do this together (even though we didn't run together) made me stick to my training plan during the hardest semester I've ever had, when it would have been really easy to quit. I had Denis training too, and I knew Jim would be playing, so there was a lot motivating me to keep up the work. It certainly wasn't easy, but hey, if I can work a full-time job that makes me endure 11-hour days and hold a full-time graduate semester workload and train for a half marathon...

And that's the story of how I ran 13.1 miles. My legs hate me now. The end!
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So I was making a schedule up at work, while waiting for my batch to finish up. My real goal with it was to try to figure out how much time I would have for homework - where it could fit in, and what things could potentially get in the way of it. So I made up a schedule, blocking off the time I spend at work, doing other things, etc. It turned out pretty cool.

I have a crush on EXCEL )

So that's my life this semester!
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OK, this was almost an exhausted, whiny, and probably vaguely emo post. But I have CHARTS to share with you all...

This is a TERRIBLE run to be sharing, so I'm just going to point out that I am currently out of shape and this was a really hard week. DONT JUDGE GUYS

BUT LOOK!

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/63299962

LOOOOOOOOK AT THE GRAPHS, LOOK LOOK LOOK. LOOK AT THE DATA. THERE'S A CALENDAR. THERE'S A GRAPH SHOWING YOU MY PACE OVER TIME AND BY DISTANCE.

(ALSO LOOK AT MY HEART RATE: I ALMOST EXPLODED, APPARENTLY)

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