On the 4th of July, Holly, Kate and I ran our first half-marathon! 13.1 miles! Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would be able to do this. The longest I had ever run was 10 miles. Who did I think I was?
I began logging some miles, slowly but surely, and as time went on, I began to realize that with decent training, perhaps I would be able to go the full-distance. The three of us kept each other accountable by logging our workouts on dailymile.com. This website is like Facebook, but it's centered around exercise. I find it very motivating and I like seeing my different numbers and stats each week.
Race day came, and I felt a little nervous, but mostly excited. I was as ready as I was going to be, the weather was perfect, and I was happy to be running the course with Holly and Kate.
I couldn't believe how good I felt! I never hit a wall, I didn't have any nagging aches or pains, and the first nine miles seemed to fly by! The last four required more mental effort, but with my I-pod, cheering spectators, and the knowledge that I was in fact going to complete this race feeling pretty good, I got it done! It's seems crazy to say, but it was a lot of fun!
Finishing time: 2 hours, 10 min, 40 sec
Pace: 9:59 min/mile
Overall place: 1043 out of 1804
Gender place: 445 out of 944
Age group/gender place: 72 out of 154
Running with my SIL, Kate
Getting close to the end
Crossing the finish line
We did it!
3 comments:
You ran an absolutely awesome race! Way to go! I loved training for it with you and running (most) of it with you.
Great race, Hil! I'm excited for you that it felt so good and you had such a satisfying finishing time. I would NOT have trained for this alone...too bad I screwed up our running the actual race together! Oh well, maybe next time? Eek...did I say that?!?! Next time?
Well done! You guys inspire me. :)
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