On my way to my finish
Even though I ran this race months and months ago, I never discussed my results here on the blog. Better late than never! So I smashed my previous PR (1:31:32) by running a 1:27:22 with an average pace of 6:40 min/mile. I ended up 43rd out of 3971 runners. This was a 10 minute improvement from the last time I ran this race a year ago. I even beat an ‘elite’ runner (I bet he had a really bad race though). For this race I used a Asylum (Vol 1 & Vol 2)-Running hybrid (not posted yet; but I will eventually). Like all races that I have done in Southern California, there were a lot of hills in this race; but it seemed that I did all my passing going up the hills. I think this boost in speed going through the incline came from all the plyo that I did in Power Legs (Asylum Vol 2) and Vertical Plyo (Asylum Vol 1). Like I have said in my previous post(s) about using hybrids for running, the Asylum workouts are designed to improve athletic performance and they really deliver on their promise.
Here is a brief list of some of the half-marathons I have run and the corresponding hybrids that I have used:
| 1:27:22.09 | Hollywood Half Marathon | 04/06/2013 | Asylum (1/2)+Running |
| 1:31:32 | Malibu International Half Marathon | 11/11/2012 | Asylum+P90X2+Running |
| 1:37:11 | Pasadena Half Marathon | 05/20/2012 | Insanity+Asylum+Running |
| 1:37:41.02 | Hollywood Half Marathon | 04/07/2012 | Insanity+running |
| 1:40:02.04 | Columbus Half Marathon | 10/16/2011 | No Hybrid |
| 1:40:11.07 | Emerald City Half Marathon | 09/04/2011 | No Hybrid |
Happy Training!