Monday Musings

On the road again

Chasing a fast time over a half marathon is tougher than I remember

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Adharanand Finn
Mar 09, 2026
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Me, in the middle, with about two miles to go.

It has been nine years since I last toed the line at a road half marathon, a fairly long race where you don’t get any walking breaks up huge hills, or get to ease into it, but where you have to maintain a solid pace the whole way - at least if I was going to beat my goal of running under 1:25 (which meant an…

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