I decided to use this half marathon as a training run. I probably wasn’t ready for the distance, but I wanted to put CFE and myself to the test. I finished in 2:03 with a 9:27 pace. I must admit I was disappointed but it was a tough course. The first 3 miles was still very slippery with packed down snow, slush and even ice from the recent snow. After the snow we had 2.5 – 3 miles of gravel. The gravel was packed down on the side where car wheels would roll, but it was uneven. The middle was very rocky. There wasn’t really a good place to run. I ran a very conservative 1st mile then averaged 8:30 until mile 9 when the ice and gravel caught up to me. I slowed down more than I wanted. There were also only 3 aid stations. Four would have been better. The absolute worst part of the race was that the advertised post race pizza was absent. I walked away with a long sleeve technical shirt and the race only cost $22, so that was very nice. In the end I am glad I got the experience in, and I will still forge ahead with the CrossFit and CrossFit Endurance approach.
By the way this morning’s CrossFit WOD turned out to be 45 155lbs clean and jerk for time. That was crazy!!!
Link to training plan
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