The day started off at 4:30 am at a balmy 41 degrees out. I got to the parking lot around 6:15 just what my GPS said even though I got lost a bit. I know, I lived in Salem BUT in my defense, they took out all the rotaries which confused me and the GPS. I maybe took myself 30 seconds out of the way.
The parking lot was a 1/2 mile away from the race start. There was a trolley that came around and picked up the runners. Once I got to registration I found M and S right away, they are my SIL P's brother and SIL. I couldn't wait for the race to start. Mostly because I was freezing. Did I mention it was still 41 out?
I had two big concerns before the race, 1 - was my leg going to be ok and 2 - I'm I going to have to poop during the race. Well, the mole skin worked like a charm and I had no pain and 2, never had to poop. I was pumped. You have no idea what a bummer (pun intended) it is when you are running then the need to go hits you, especially if there are no bathrooms.
The race was awesome. It was a great course that was much easier than what I trained on. Don't get me wrong, there was plenty of hills it was just that they were much more forgiving than the ones in Franklin. It was also nice to see Salem again, I ran by the school, places I used to eat, and Castle Rock. After the race, there was no trolley back to the parking lot so after running 13.1 miles, I had to walk another 1/2 mile. You wouldn't think that is that bad but you try it.
I planned on and mostly trained at a 10:45 minute per mile pace. I thought it would take me about 2 hours and 20 minutes. Well, to my surprise I did a 10:09 mpm. I couldn't be happier. I said this was my first and last 1/2 marathon but I'm not sure if that will be true anymore.
The parking lot was a 1/2 mile away from the race start. There was a trolley that came around and picked up the runners. Once I got to registration I found M and S right away, they are my SIL P's brother and SIL. I couldn't wait for the race to start. Mostly because I was freezing. Did I mention it was still 41 out?
I had two big concerns before the race, 1 - was my leg going to be ok and 2 - I'm I going to have to poop during the race. Well, the mole skin worked like a charm and I had no pain and 2, never had to poop. I was pumped. You have no idea what a bummer (pun intended) it is when you are running then the need to go hits you, especially if there are no bathrooms.
The race was awesome. It was a great course that was much easier than what I trained on. Don't get me wrong, there was plenty of hills it was just that they were much more forgiving than the ones in Franklin. It was also nice to see Salem again, I ran by the school, places I used to eat, and Castle Rock. After the race, there was no trolley back to the parking lot so after running 13.1 miles, I had to walk another 1/2 mile. You wouldn't think that is that bad but you try it.
I planned on and mostly trained at a 10:45 minute per mile pace. I thought it would take me about 2 hours and 20 minutes. Well, to my surprise I did a 10:09 mpm. I couldn't be happier. I said this was my first and last 1/2 marathon but I'm not sure if that will be true anymore.
4 comments:
Fantastic job!
Wow, you are good. I'm so glad the weather held up for you and not like it is today. Good work, Judy
You should definitely do another one!!! Congrats again!!
Keep up the distances -- don't let it go like I did.
B
Great Job my D! And 3-1 = 2. 1 + 1 = 2. You had it going for you.
M
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