Results are in!
I ran my half marathon this morning! It went better than I even expected. I haven’t run more than 6 miles in over a month and was assuming I might have to walk some…well, I didn’t! And in fact I got faster as the race went on! I started with a 10:38 pace and by the end was at a 10:14 pace. My time was 2 hours 13 minutes and 58 seconds. I placed…7,753th! Haha, but it was out of like 35,000 people! So not too bad I guess. Either way, I had fun, I passed my expectations, and most of all I RAN A FREAKIN 1/2 MARATHON.
What I learned: I have no desire to run a full marathon. Haha. For anyone out there who does that, you are amazing. Running a half marathon made me ache like crazy, and knowing to train for a full i would be running those like cake…NOPE doesn’t sound fun to me.
Anyways, that was my “only”(i use that term lightly haha) exercise today. Eats have been awesome, except that I haven’t eaten enough for how many calories I burned (somewhere in the 1900’s according to my HRM) and that was just my exercise. I am at about 1800 calories for the day, so I need to eat but i have no appetite.Funny how that works out….
Great Job! all your hard work has aid off. And you good eating yesterday no doubt fueled you through the race!
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Awesome! and Gratz on the half!
Yay you! Great job! I was just thinking yesterday as the Houston marathon was going on, that I would love to train so I could possibly have a go at it next year. I will ponder that though. I am new to running… so I have no clue how capable I am or could be.
Congrats on the marathon! You ran the whole way, that’s awesome!
Oh man, I have goosebumps!! Congratulations on your accomplishment! I am so excited for you!
Congrats – sounds like you had a good race. Now go eat something. 🙂