March 17, 2012 (Updated November 8, 2022)

Ready for 13.1!

by Anne Mauney, MPH, RD

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Tomorrow, I will run my 4th half marathon — the Tobacco Road Half Marathon in nearby Durham, NC. A few of my grad school girlfriends are running, too — the girls with the teal shirts are doing the full marathon! I can’t wait to see them finish. 🙂

the girls

My current half marathon PR (personal record) is from the National Half Marathon exactly a year ago in Washington D.C. I finished in 1:51:47, which is an average pace of 8:32 min/miles.

My goal for this race? Break 1:50. I’ll have to maintain about an 8:20 average min/mile pace for all 13.1 miles to do this. Gah!

pace group

I’m nervous, but I’m going to give it my all. I’m also going to try running with the 1:50 pace group the whole time — I’ve never run with a pace group, so we’ll see how it goes!

I have plans for a pasta dinner tonight with the girls and Matt, followed by an early bedtime. Wish us luck tomorrow! And if you want to see how things go before I post here on the blog — follow me on Twitter. 🙂

- anne

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23 comments
  • Awesome shirts! I have heard great things about that race. Enjoy!
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  • Good Luck Anne!!! Your goal is awesome and I'm doing my first half in May and have been thinking about getting some pacing and training tips from you :) I'll hit you up next week :) Rest well tonight, and enjoy tomorrow
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  • You will do great. I'm running the Georgia Half marathon tomorrow morning and planning to run in the 1:50 pace group too. My friend is the pace leader.
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  • Good luck on your race. I know you will do well and most importantly, have fun!
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  • Good luck tomorrow! I love those shirts. I am interested to see your thoughts on running with a pace group, I am a little intimidated by them but I am curious.
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  • I'm really excited for you Anne. Your awesome, good luck.
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  • Good luck on your race!! I have my first half in 2 weeks and I'm also trying to break 1:50 so I can qualify for a corral at the Chicago Marathon! Lol not sure that's going to happen but I'll sure try!
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  • Go get 'em! You'll do great. Don't forget to hydrate! xo
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  • My husband will be running the same half-marathon tomorrow! We just got back from picking up his race packet :) I think this is my first time commenting on your blog...which I love by the way. But, just wanted to wish you luck!
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  • LOVE that race -- i think i did it in 2010? have a great time! it's a PR-worthy course for sure -- so flat. i want to do it next year :)
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  • We know you can do it! Good luck - and send results on this ASAP pls!
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  • We are sure you are doing the best, please let us know the results, good job, as always Anne!!
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  • Hope it went great and you set a new PR!! :)
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