{"id":1139,"date":"2014-09-19T19:15:40","date_gmt":"2014-09-19T23:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/raz-family.ca\/RunKristi\/?p=1139"},"modified":"2014-09-19T19:15:40","modified_gmt":"2014-09-19T23:15:40","slug":"half-marathon-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raz-family.ca\/RunKristi\/?p=1139","title":{"rendered":"Half Marathon #10"},"content":{"rendered":"

This Sunday is the big fall race event in\u00a0Ottawa; the\u00a0Canada\u00a0Army Run. \u00a0With 25 000 runners registered in the two distances (half marathon and 5k), this is a race that\u00a0continues to grow in popularity. \u00a0In fact, it is the fastest growing event of its kind \u00a0in Canada, having more than tripled its numbers since the first race in 2008.<\/p>\n

This race is also special because it offers the opportunity for civilians to run with members of the Canadian Military, including wounded veterans. \u00a0While there is an air of celebration and thanks at this race, there is also an understanding of what has been lost due to war and conflict. \u00a0There are emotions experienced at this race that makes it a unique experience. \u00a0To read\u00a0my particular emotional experience from last year, click here.<\/a><\/p>\n

I don’t have much of plan for Sunday other than to find the 2 hour pace bunny (or pathfinder as they are called at this race) before the starter’s cannon goes off. \u00a0I may or may not stick with that pace. \u00a0While this is my 10th (!) half marathon, it is the first one for which I have not followed any training plan whatsoever. \u00a0I have had a couple of long runs, but they have been scattered over the past 3 months. \u00a0They certainly didn’t follow any progressive order. \u00a0Can I run 21.1 km? \u00a0 Absolutely! \u00a0But what pace to follow? \u00a0I have no idea. \u00a0I actually think I could have done a half decent time if the weather were to\u00a0be cooperative, but that looks unlikely. \u00a0After weeks of beautiful cool temperatures, summer is scheduled to make a brief two day appearance with temperatures in the low 20’s and a humidex pushing that number several degrees higher. \u00a0It is also supposed to rain all day on race day. \u00a0Not ideal, but since this is not a goal race I am not going to worry about it. \u00a0Hopefully I can just take in the experience and enjoy\u00a0half marathon #10.<\/p>\n

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This Sunday is the big fall race event in\u00a0Ottawa; the\u00a0Canada\u00a0Army Run. \u00a0With 25 000 runners registered in the two distances (half marathon and 5k), this is a race that\u00a0continues to grow in popularity. \u00a0In fact, it is the fastest growing event of its kind \u00a0in Canada, having more than tripled its numbers since the first […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-running"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3amQ2-in","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/raz-family.ca\/RunKristi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/raz-family.ca\/RunKristi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/raz-family.ca\/RunKristi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raz-family.ca\/RunKristi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raz-family.ca\/RunKristi\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1139"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/raz-family.ca\/RunKristi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1143,"href":"https:\/\/raz-family.ca\/RunKristi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1139\/revisions\/1143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/raz-family.ca\/RunKristi\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raz-family.ca\/RunKristi\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raz-family.ca\/RunKristi\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}