Originally Posted by
magiciansampras
The half is a nice distance. You get the excitement of the marathon coupled with the advantage of not feeling like you want to die during the event (usually anyway.. it depends on how hard you push it).
Agreed...they are fun. I did one today! I took 8 minutes off my previous best, and about 21 minutes off my first half two years ago. Ended up averaging 7:33/mile according to Garmin. My goal was to keep it under 8.