My First EVER Half Marathon :-)

Sunday, September 21, 2008

Yay!!!! :-) I ran 13.1 miles without walking even for a second! I'm sooooo proud of myself.

This was a HARD race, there were hills everywhere! I must admit that by the 9 mile mark, my legs were aching so bad, my breathing was fine but my legs were so tired, I just about managed to keep running. But when I got to the 1 mile left-to-run mark, I picked up my pace and was smiling till the end... I was so happy!

I expected to finish in 2hrs 30 minutes BUT I finished in just over 2hrs 20minutes!!!

The screenshot below shows what time on the official clock I crossed the finish line but my chip time shows my actual time because - there were thousands of us taking part and I was no where near the front of the queue so I actually crossed the start line almost 2 minutes after the gun went off (which is when my chip started recording my time). So my official time is 2hrs 20mins 41secs... GO ME!!!!!! LOL!



My legs..... I definitely am not ready for a WHOLE marathon yet! I know my legs would have been less fatigued if I didn't run for 2 hours on Monday, do 45 minutes of spinning and 15 minutes of training on Thursday and 40 minutes of running on Friday... I have to do a few more 10ks, at least one more half marathon before I even think about doing a marathon... watch this space.

Anyway - I am soooooo happy and proud of myself :-)