I am a half-marathoner.
I did it. And I can honestly say it could not have gone any better.
The weather was absolutely perfect (overcast and rainy, around 60 degrees) for the Spinx Runfest Half Marathon in Greenville, SC. My clothes were perfect, nothing was rubbing or hurting or cutting or annoying. The new race number belt Chris bought me for motivation was wonderful – I didn’t even know it was there, and it held my 2 packs of Hammer energy gel perfectly.
My goals for the half-marathon were as follows: No or few walk breaks, no port-a-potty breaks, no injuries and I wanted to beat Ronnie. (Ronnie just ran his first half marathon with a time of 2:09:51.) No walk breaks, check. No port-a-potty breaks, check. No injuries, check. I didn’t beat Ronnie, but hey, that’s ok too (I’ll remind you now he’s in a different category than me, being male and all – he’s supposed to be faster.) My official time was 2:13:47 with a pace of 10:13. I came in 365th place out of 703 for women (they don’t seem to have an overall place; boo.)
