Half Marathon Recap

I will probably also post this on my running blog, so for those of you that read both, if you read it here, there’s no need to move over to the other blog.

Anyways, it’s been a week since the half marathon, so I figured all the emotional stuff has passed and now I can recount the half a little more fairly.

First and foremost, Hope and Allison did awesome.  despite the questionable choice of Afghan food the night before the race (but it was so delicious!), they both finished in a respectable 2:32, only about two minutes from their goal (2:30).  I say only because it’s 13.1 miles and 2 minutes is easy to makeup or lose over the course of that many miles.

My race was OK.  I’ve been getting happier with it as the days have passed.  I ran 1:55, not a PR, and certainly not as quick as I’d have liked.  I’d like to run faster than 1:50 at some point, but considering the amount I’ve been able to run, 1:55 isn’t a bad time.  I only got two 10 mile runs in before the race also, and that’s just not enough to PR.  At any rate, 1:55 paid off in that I wasn’t so  sore.

This week I ran twice and got 11 in this morning for a total of 21 for the week.  Certainly a good recovery week with the exception of my running 11 today when it should have been more like 8.  What can I say, running is also a stress reliever.

Of course, immediately after the half, I was looking for another race.  I’m considering the OC half in april, but we’ll have to see what happens with school/thesis stuff.

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  By Hope, February 28, 2010 @ 4:58 pm

  I signed up for another half the day we got back. :p You guys totally got me addicted to this stuff!

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