Sunday, February 13, 2011

Houston Marathon

on January 30th, i completed my first marathon. it really was a lot of fun for the majority of the race. i think i had the benefit of longer races under my belt. since the half ironmans take closer to 6 hours, 4 hours seemed short even though it was all running! (i know, it is crazy that i even say that!)

i started out too quickly with 8 minute miles for the first 3 miles or so. that is a reasonable pace for a 10K or something...but not 26.2 miles! i ran the half marathon in 1:52. that was the fastest half marathon i have done. i definitely slowed down after that point...total time of 4:05. i wanted to get under 4 hours, but i knew that was a lofty goal for a first marathon for a non-runner. next time!!
my cheering group!
just across the finish line!

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