I am SO excited to tell everyone about my first half marathon. It all started about 2 years ago when I did my first 10k. The bus drove the 1/2 marathoners to the top and I swore that I would never be crazy enough to do a half marathon because it was so far. In June I heard that my friend from high school was wanting to run a half in Logan. I thought about it for a few days and couldn't get it out of my mind. So I called her and we both signed up.
Then I got a knee injury and I couldn't walk for 2 weeks. After an X-ray that showed everything was okay I started to train again. It has seemed like a long summer of running because I have to run early in the morning or when the kids go to bed. Sometimes it was still pitch black out side for my first hour of running and not only that I am so paranoid to run by myself.
Thanks for running with me! I would have never had this awesome experience.
Race day finally came and we were both so ready for this long anticipated race to be over. My goal was to run this race in under 2 hours and have a positive attitude while running. (I've struggled in the past mentally during a race and it was awful.) I think 2 hours is a popular goal for most 1/2 marathoners but I really had no idea how well I would do under the pressure.
The first 6 miles were downhill out of the canyon and then the rest was pretty flat except mile 11 which was uphill. At mile 9 a pacer past me and his sign said 1:50minutes. I had no idea I was running that pace and I was so happy. I tried to keep him within 100yrds for the rest of the race and at the end I had enough juice to catch up to him. When I crossed the line I just wanted to cry because I was so HAPPY!
My final time was 1:50:12!
That's an 8:25 mile for 13 miles. Wahoo! Needless to say I am so sore because I don't train at that speed nor do I run downhill for that long.
I stayed at the park for the drawings. They were giving away 2 treadmill that I desperately need. I didn't win a treadmill but I did win a moose and a rock. HaHa I know you're jealous.
