Alas, as I usually do, I have neglected this blog. Why, may you ask? Because that's what I do. I have no idea why, but I do. Maybe it's because I take on too many tasks and like to think of myself as an overachiever? Maybe I just forget to highlight my runs as I feel when I'm running...or maybe I'm just being lazy. Whatever it is that makes me this way, I apologize to you, my dutiful reader, and would like to present to you my picture collage of my FIRST EVER HALF MARATHON!!!
As silly as it sounds, running my first half marathon was a lot easier than I thought. Yes, I said it!! Being that my first half marathon was the Austin Half Marathon (home of the awesome hills), I made that course my b*tch. In all seriousness, it wasn't until the last mile that I started to struggle. From what you can see above, I shaved a good couple of minutes off my 10 mile time, but finishing at 2:49:52 was just amazing and I finished at 10:00 a.m. on the dot. Unbelievable.
So I say to anyone that wants to run their first half marathon. If you can run a couple of 10 mile loops before the race, you are good to go. I did short miles during the weekday and 10 miles on Saturdays. With the time change and working so far from where the 10 mile loops is located, I could only do it on Saturdays. Also, run at the time the actual race would start. I LOVE running in the mornings, so it was good for me. The weather was a bit muggy and damn, but very enjoyable. Ahhhh, to run the Austin Half-Marathon again.
Onto the next...
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