While on Maui my long runs shifted to Wednesdays...a trend I continue on my first week home. I achieve a decent half marathon time considering I am not going all out this morning, but I still have one mile to go...and it is all up hill!

Given the amount of elevation change, this is a great 10Km split...faster than last year's hilly 10Km race by more than a minute.

This detour will add nearly 4/5 of a mile to my run

When I ran this route in July, my 10km split was nearly 30 seconds faster than today...even though I just ran two of my fastest sub-7 minute miles

The half marathon split less than a mile away. I would say that I should be able to achieve a sub 1:50, but the remainder of my run is uphill

Easily sub 1:50! Not a bad split considering I really was not trying to do a fast half marathon...esepcially since I still have more than uphill three miles to go

Tomorrow is the Bulldog 25km, a race I had originally considered registering for. 2:12:16 would be a great race result, but Bulldog's course seems quite a bit more demanding. Maybe next year?

The warmer-than-expected conditions are not slowing me down...at least not through 10Km.

What am I complaining about? I appear to be on pace for my half marathon PR

I did it! Finally cracked 1:45! If only this were an actual race, I could officially declare this my PR

I cross my fingers that I do indeed have less than this distance to go.

Despite making a serious effort to maintain a slower pace, I achieve a faster half marathon split than during my first full marathon (which was also faster than my first two races at this particular distance)

Could this be my fastest 15 mile time?

The good news is that I have already exceeded my longest run since last year's Maui Marathon. And, if you recall, my knee went out at mile 17 during that race...meaning this may actually be my fastest 19 miler. The bad news is that I still have over three miles to go. Even worse, it is all uphill!

20 miles and still running. Even though my pace has slowed, this is definitely a good sign.

22 miles and now walking. I am afraid my legs will cramp up if I continue running up this significantly steeper incline. I will start running again once I reach the top. Promise.

A very reasonable 5K split considering that I have already run 37.65 miles this week!

I am really feeling the cumulative effect of running so many miles in such a short period of time, especially all of the back-to-back workouts. That said, I am still managing a decent 5K split.

NOVEMBER - Not a bad 10km split considering that I was not trying to run fast...and ran a full marathon only a couple of weeks ago

Not bad...8:34/mile is slightly ahead of my annual average pace

18 miles in and I am still ahead of average pace for 2009, but my legs have turned to rubber during the ascent. I am barely able to keep my pace under 10 minutes per mile

Though I am pacing myself for 21 miles today, I manage a pretty decent 10km split

I usually don't like doing out-and-backs, but in this particular case, doing so gives me more time on the soft surface

I reach my half marathon split in an unexpectedly fast time. I don't think I've had many such splits under 1:45. I have yet to complete a race that fast