2nd half-marathon status: complete
For the second time in six months I completed a 13.1-mile half-marathon, this time on my home turf in the Central Park loop.
As usual, there are myriad issues with Runkeeper’s stats — starting with the fact that I obviously did not run 14 miles, nor did I burn the race at anywhere close to a 7:22 pace.
What I did do was manage to beat my Brooklyn Half time — 1:44:40 and a 7:59 min/mile — by over half a minute, coming in at 1:43:04 and a 7:52 min/mile pace. I came in 1,014 out of 5,946 finishers, and was 821 among men. I also came in 174th place among 31-year-olds.
And now my legs are absolutely killing me.
Amazing job on getting through the race ; my legs would be on fire as well lol;)
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