Vancouver half-marathon

Well, the Vancouver half marathon over. I am not very pleased with my performance. I knew that I wasn’t prepared as well I should have been, so I guess I should have expected this. I finished in around 2h3m (2 mins slower than last time 🙁

This time I was careful and I did not repeat any of the mistakes from last time. However, I did learn few things that I hope I am going to improve upon next time:

  • Prepare well!!!
  • Adjust the pace to achieve the target time. I was not wearing a watch so I didn’t know how fast I was really going. At the end I was relatively comfortable, so perhaps I could have gone faster.
  • Train outdoors more. I think my knees are not used to running outdoors. Also, I have to train more for hills. I was taken by surprise by the many small hills in the course and especially that loooooong one around mile 8.
  • Make sure I sleep well the night before. The youngsters next to my hotel room coming back from clubbing and deciding to watch a music channel from 2.30 to 3.30 in the morning didn’t help 🙁

A good experience overall. I enjoyed it. Now, for the next one.

One response to “Vancouver half-marathon”

  1. Congratulations! I’ve done one half- and one full-marathon and I train only on the road. IMHO sleeping well and training on your target elevation are the two most important aspects.

    Let me know if you’d like to run some race in bay area and we could do it together.