Boca Marathon Readiness Series 2016

This year I bit the bullet and shelled out over 100 dollars to race in the Boca Hawaii Marathon Readiness Series.  This series is a set of 5 races from August to November:  15k, 20k, 25k, 30k, and Half Marathon.  This is the 1st year I signed up for the entire series but I have been running the races since 2012.

My training this year has included strength training and surfing and my times have been much faster at all distances.  For the first 4 races in the series I ran PRs and in the 5th I was less than a minute off of my PR time for a Half Marathon.

I was very excited to learn that I came in first place for the series in my age group!  I ran a total of 11 kilometers in 10:12:37.7

So exciting!!!!!

11.13.16: Val Mizuno Half Marathon

And my 21st Half Marathon is in the books. Last race in the Marthon Readiness Series.  I had a crazy weekend (what's new) and only 2 hours of sleep but I managed to run my 3rd fastest Half and less than a minute off my PR with a 1:56.  I am not going to think about what I would have run if I was on top of my game.

Marathon is in a month and it is time to settle down and get serious!!!