Same rough elevation as my house, so not going up into the mountains or anything
I was going to say that looks exhausting, but I would cover almost the exact same gain/loss if I just looped around my neighborhood for 13 miles, so I can sort of visualize it. Not that I have ever actually done it more than for about 4 miles worth. I average about 30 seconds a mile slower going up and down the hills than I would over a level course, and that is trying to recover as much as I can downhill.
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Also since itâs my first half marathon would be a PR lol. Even if itâs 15 minute miles. Makes it easier to beat of i decide to do a second one
Congrats!!
I probably donât have to advise you to train on some hilly courses. Youâll do great!
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Ok, a bit more than I eyeballed from the graph.
Pretty hilly relative to most halfâs around here, but not too crazy, as you say, leaves room for future PRs.
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The biggest hill is early, around 235 feet. The hill after aid station 4, even though not as high, will seem twice as high that late in the run.
Not sure if that change stat is meaningful. Looking at the graph, it looks like there is a total of 1770 feet climbed and 1770 descended. If so, 1770 feet of ascent makes average uphill of about 135 feet per mile - around 2.6%. Not a mountain course but not running around The Netherlands either. Looks like a good challenge!
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I would find that altitude to be hard period
Thatâs 135 feet uphill and downhill on average in a given mile, so isnât it 5.1%? 135/2640?
My daily run has a 10 ft climb and I get pretty winded at the end of it.
My mittens arrived and I tried them on this morning. It was also the first time I ran while it was snowing so I was getting some experience points doing that too. They were much better than gloves but hard to put on.
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Generally, the uphill is the challenging part so the average uphill is the measurement, although downhill is a killer on the knees (well it is at my age).
That bothers my OCD but I donât know how these are typically described.
I think the downhills at that slope are going to be difficult. Agree the part about you knees - at some point you need to run at uncomfortable speeds to keep from pulling back.
the half marathon with no flat parts at all looks awful to me.
@colonelsmoothie bummer the mittens were not easy to put on. unfortunate. mine are basically just shell covers with barely anything to hold them on
If youâre already used to that altitude it should be challenging but not too bad. That hill at the end is going to tough tho.
Have fun!
Iâve seen people use, and swear by, using oven mitts over their thinner gloves.
Had a pretty good run today, so came to not so humbly brag.
I have been a runner for decades, but recently had been just doing two easy runs a week - usually 6 miles at about 8:45 pace. Decided to take the legs out for a spin, went better than expected. Six mile run, was planning to run each mile faster than the previous, but went too hard early, so changed plans and backed off for mile 5, partly because I wanted to get mile 6 under 7 minutes.
Splits: 8:25, 8:03, 7:51, 7:23, 8:56 (uphill), 6:58 (downhill)
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Back into running after 4 months off due to snow, roads are finally basically clear. 1mi Friday, 1.5mi Sunday, 0.7mi during lunch today (freezing cold and windy today). Pace was nothing to brag about but beats nothing.
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I just had to run to the bathroom. Does that count?
Did you have the runs?
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more like the jogs
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