After our last half marathon, I knew that I wanted to do another one soon to improve our time. A big benchmark in half marathon times is finishing under two hours, and I wanted to reach that. I think we will keep getting faster, but at this point, two hours was our goal.
And.. we finished in 1:57:00! That is an average time of 8:55 per mile for 13.1 miles. I was so happy to have finished under two hours.
We finished 119&120 out of 319 half marathon runners. There was also a 5k and a 10k race. Steven and I looked at those results after the race and decided we need to try a shorter race to boost morale. If we had run the 5k at the times we can right now, we would have finished 20/500 runners! All the hardcore people seem to have picked the half marathon.
Training for this race was really hard for me. I honestly almost quit a few times. We just have so much going on right now. We trained through sickness, potty training, traveling, injury, building our house, getting ready to move, rain, darkness, and cold. Because of illness and injury, I honestly didn't even know if I was going to be able to run this race when I went to bed last night.
But, I'm so glad that I was doing it all with Steven because he kept me motivated and on track, even when I wanted to give up. I'm so glad that we are doing this together. I think he feels the same way :)
We went out with a goal pace of 8:50/mile. Except for the last mile (we slowed down... I kind of felt like I wanted to die) all of our splits were between 8:39 and 8:51 per mile. We were consistent, never stopped, and even managed to choke down our disgusting Gu's while keeping our pace.
And... we are done. Crossing the finish line is such an amazing feeling. Now, I want some ice cream!
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