Setting A Record At The Scotiabank Vancouver Half Marathon
They promise the Scotiabank Vancouver Half Marathon will be one of the fastest courses you’ll ever run. With a drop of nearly 80m over 2k in the first 1/3 of the race, you have plenty of opportunity to pick up a few minutes. The only drawback is the drop is at the beginning and you might blow your energy only to bonk heading up the Burrard Street Bridge.
That might have been the case for me if I didnt spot a pace bunny to chase for about a mile in the last 1/3 of the race. She had me peeling a good minute off my average pace to drag me to the finish in a new personal best of 1:48:29.
I’ve said before “I am Not a Marathoner” and after seeing the experiences of Easter Island and this Half, I might tend to go back and agree with that statement. I can complete marathons, I just can’t compete in them. Half marathons, however, are a totally competitive distance for me to tackle. I’ve got 4 more half marathons on the schedule for the rest of the year.
Next year I’ve got Team Diabetes Rio staring at me in the face, I hope a solid back half of this year pounding out half marathons will set me up with a solid base to tackle the 26.2 again next year. I’m sure I’ll be able to find more than a few “pace bunnies” to follow along the beaches of Brasil.
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