This morning I finished my 4th half marathon!!! And, I have to add, it is my 4th in less than 7 months, not to mention an 18k race 2 weeks ago. So at the moment I am feeling a little proud of myself. As for time, I came in right around my previous best. This race used only gun time, no net or chip time, so officially I finished in 2:03:42, only 4 seconds slower than my best time of 2:03:38. My watch time puts me at 2:03:29. Not really sure whether I call this my fastest half or not but no matter, I am very pleased with the result. I ran a steady race with no walking breaks and for 17k I felt very good. The overpass after the 17k mark was a bit challenging at that stage of the race, and the last 2km I struggled fighting the wind. I think it was around then that I had a slight moment of panic when I thought about the fact that come October I am going to run a full marathon. I was struggling a little today to finish, I admit the thought of that being only my half way mark in my October race is a little intimidating! Needless to say a lot of training is going to have to happen between now and the fall.<\/p>\n
But for now I am going to enjoy my success so far and take a couple of days to relax. Then, in only 2 weeks I have to do it all again when I run the half at Ottawa Race Weekend. I know a sub 2 hour half is just not in the cards for me this year, particularly since my focus is going to switch to training for a full marathon soon. But the funny thing is, I am ok with that. This time last year, actually at the same race I did today, I ran my first 10k. This time 2 years ago I was training for my first 5k race. I had no idea that those races would lead to the running journey I now find myself enjoying so much. Sometimes it feels good to sit back and enjoy how far you have come \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n
P.S. A special shout out to my boys who ran their first races of the season. My seven year old finished his 1k in a speedy 5:15 and my 10 year old had a P.B of 16:20 in the 3k. I love that they went out there, gave it their best and had a great time. Way to go boys!!!<\/p>\n
P.P.S My husband wants to be recognized too…he was after all the running buddy for our youngest, race kit collector, driver and chief supporter. We couldn’t do it without him!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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