Comments on: 2009 Reading Half Marathon http://thevirtualrunner.org/blog/2009/03/2009-reading-half-marathon/ Running Blog Fri, 11 Nov 2011 02:32:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: The Virtual Runner http://thevirtualrunner.org/blog/2009/03/2009-reading-half-marathon/comment-page-1/#comment-21 The Virtual Runner Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:34:11 +0000 http://thevirtualrunner.org/blog/?p=294#comment-21 <blockquote cite="#commentbody-20"> <strong><a href="#comment-20" rel="nofollow">Tom </a> :</strong><P>Nice work… I don’t have a lot of hills to train on where I run but I’m amazed how many people get blown away by the hills- both up an down… it’s so simple to increase your stride and like you said let gravity do most of the work on the way down- you can shave seconds off your time and you get a nice rest too! Awesome job! feels good to be under 2 hours!</P></blockquote> Thanks Tom. I'm certainly not an expert runner but the whole downhill stride thing just seemed like the right thing to do, and it felt great too.

Tom :

Nice work… I don’t have a lot of hills to train on where I run but I’m amazed how many people get blown away by the hills- both up an down… it’s so simple to increase your stride and like you said let gravity do most of the work on the way down- you can shave seconds off your time and you get a nice rest too! Awesome job! feels good to be under 2 hours!

Thanks Tom. I’m certainly not an expert runner but the whole downhill stride thing just seemed like the right thing to do, and it felt great too.

]]> By: Tom http://thevirtualrunner.org/blog/2009/03/2009-reading-half-marathon/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Tom Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:27:01 +0000 http://thevirtualrunner.org/blog/?p=294#comment-20 Nice work... I don't have a lot of hills to train on where I run but I'm amazed how many people get blown away by the hills- both up an down... it's so simple to increase your stride and like you said let gravity do most of the work on the way down- you can shave seconds off your time and you get a nice rest too! Awesome job! feels good to be under 2 hours! Nice work… I don’t have a lot of hills to train on where I run but I’m amazed how many people get blown away by the hills- both up an down… it’s so simple to increase your stride and like you said let gravity do most of the work on the way down- you can shave seconds off your time and you get a nice rest too! Awesome job! feels good to be under 2 hours!

]]> By: The Red Bucket http://thevirtualrunner.org/blog/2009/03/2009-reading-half-marathon/comment-page-1/#comment-18 The Red Bucket Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:21:49 +0000 http://thevirtualrunner.org/blog/?p=294#comment-18 Congratulations and great blog post. I was there <a href="http://www.theredrocket.co.uk/jogblog/2009/03/30/reading-half-marathon-race-report/" rel="nofollow">too</a>, but the two hour time still eludes me. Congratulations and great blog post. I was there too, but the two hour time still eludes me.

]]> By: The Virtual Runner http://thevirtualrunner.org/blog/2009/03/2009-reading-half-marathon/comment-page-1/#comment-16 The Virtual Runner Sun, 29 Mar 2009 22:30:36 +0000 http://thevirtualrunner.org/blog/?p=294#comment-16 <blockquote cite="#commentbody-15"> <strong><a href="#comment-15" rel="nofollow">Beth </a> :</strong><P>Congratulations! You figured out you needed to change your stategy and it worked perfectly. Nice PR!</P></blockquote> Thanks Beth. I'm really happy my training paid off. I'm also glad I didn't stick with the pace runner! lol

Beth :

Congratulations! You figured out you needed to change your stategy and it worked perfectly. Nice PR!

Thanks Beth. I’m really happy my training paid off. I’m also glad I didn’t stick with the pace runner! lol

]]> By: Beth http://thevirtualrunner.org/blog/2009/03/2009-reading-half-marathon/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Beth Sun, 29 Mar 2009 20:18:10 +0000 http://thevirtualrunner.org/blog/?p=294#comment-15 Congratulations! You figured out you needed to change your stategy and it worked perfectly. Nice PR! Congratulations! You figured out you needed to change your stategy and it worked perfectly. Nice PR!

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