13.1 Miles
My time: 1:57:21
My very first Half Marathon
I talked Jason into doing this with me and that was the best thing I could have done.
My goal was to keep a 10 minute pace but I really really wanted to finish in under 2 hours. And I did the math over and over again to try to make that possible with a 10 minute pace. Darn math.... we had to do it in a 9:17 pace. Ugh. We didn't think that was possible for us.
The weather was perfect and the course was wonderful. Hilly, but wonderful. Jason was the pace setter and we ran fast! I can't believe how fast we ran the entire thing.
The rain: The last 2 miles we were getting poured on. It was FREEZING. We were soaking wet.
The last .25 mile: I told Jason to take off and finish and he did. As he was approaching the finish line he looked back to find me and possibly wait for me so we could finish together. Surprise, surprise I was right beside him! We sprinted to the finish and it was a photo finish. Too bad I started the race 1 second before he did at the starting line. So that means he beat me by 1 second!
My final time was 1:57:21 and that is an 8:57 pace! Faster than my fastest 10k pace.
I placed 15th out of 297 women
Hmmm... I didn't know I liked running.....
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