For both my HIM's I wasn't 100% as trained as I could have been in the run...

For the first I hadn't really run a half marathon. The only one I had run was 2 years earlier and as part of a longer run - I think my time was 2:27. My marathon PR 4 months before the HIM was 5:16. My run for the first HIM was a 2:55 or something. Yikes! I just didn't really feel like running! I made a friend and was more content having a friend than running alone. Also, I think my longest run between the marathon and the race was 9-10 miles.

Fast forward to October of last year for my 2nd HIM. I was right in the middle of training for a January marathon, so was on a better schedule. I ran a 1/2 marathon in 2:24 two weeks before the HIM. My longest run before that was 10 miles, so it was a bit of a jump, but ok. At that HIM I ran a 2:40 split. I could not have gone much faster that day...also because I didn't think I could go any faster. This year I will aim for a 2:30-2:35 in the same HIM as it will be 3 weeks after I run the Chicago full marathon (thinking I will be way better trained on the running, if I don't break down somewhere along the way).

So long story short, I ran a 2:24 stand alone and a 2:40 HIM.

I'm willing to bet if you can stay hydrated on the bike, your half mari for the HIM will be in the low 2:1???

S

You want to see the extreme between the two for me?

Fastest stand alone 1:35 - Last year was my 1st 1/2 IM, and it was extremly hot and humid on a very hilly run course. My time (I hate to admit this) was 2:42. I was uncomfortable I had to walk a lot. I went from a 7:00 pace to over a 12:00 pace between the two.

I have this same race in two weeks, and I have MUCH more prepared for the run portion and hope to finish around 1:45.

Tim

Not that I run them often or train very well for them, but my last 1/2 m was off tri training and 1:31 and my two HIM's were 1:48 and 1:44. I cramped up some in both.