Indian Summer Half Marathon

I raced in the Indian Summer Half Marathon yesterday, Sept 13. Official results:

Thanks for participating in the Indian Summer Half Marathon.

Results for Steve Walker:

You placed 121st out of 392 finishers in a time of 1:48:32 for a pace of 8:17 per mile.

Out of 157 men you finished 81st. The winning time for men was 1:15:56.

For 60 to 64 year old men you were 2nd out of 10 finishers. The winning time for your age and sex was 1:44:22.

I went out at 8:18 and back at 8:08. This time is Vdot 41. I'm very pleased with my time because I had a lingering cold and went on four backpacking trips in July and August.

Colfax Marathon Taper

I ran 23.3 miles last Sunday, April 27 for my last long run before the Colorado Colfax Marathon May 18. Now it's just taper for three weeks as shown on this spreadsheet. I try and start my threshold run at my 0-10 mi marathon target heart rate 137 b/m, then 10-20 mi heart rate of 140 b/m and finish at 20-26.2 mi heart rate of 143. The first week is recovery with a 2 mi threshold run on Friday and a 4 mi threshold on Sunday. Instead of hip extensions and abductions I am going to run 4 mi easy. I'm hoping I'll get the spring back in my legs and lose some weight. I stepped on the scales this morning after breakfast and weighed 168 lb.

Boulder Half Marathon

I ran the Boulder Half Marathon Sept 30, 2007 in 2:05:50. This was an easy pace of 9:36 in preparation for the Denver Marathon in two weeks. In the 55-64 age group I was 29/51. 1332 people finished the race.