I can cross a Half Marathon off the bucket list!
It was a cold chilly morning on Sunday, October 21st about 48 degrees in Durham, NC. Amy and I headed down early to get settled and warmed up (tried warming up but I think we got as far as the portojohns).
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| The Before Shot at 7 am |
The gun went of at 7:30 am and we were off through out the streets of Durham. It started at the Durham Bulls Baseball Field and winded through the city with the finish just up from the ball field on the same street. It was a very hilly course. It was a pretty time of year as the leaves were starting to change colors. People were lined up and down the course cheering on about 1,800 women. It is empowering to see that many women running. It was amazing standing at the finish line watching people come across the finish line! Women of all different types of backgrounds, body shapes, ages, and ability! If you set a goal it can be reached with hard work, anyone can do it if they set their mind to it! My goal was not to walk and to finish at 2 hours. I made that goal with a finishing time of 1:57.04. I was drained. At mile 10, I figured I won't be running for awhile because I plan on taking a break so I pushed it in to the finish. I had been in the zone with my music when I hit mile 10 I was surprised I was almost done and feeling good. A couple of times I had to stop to adjust my brace on my leg that I had for my IT Band pain and reapplying the Icy Hot. It did help! Just kept telling myself keep going and thinking about all the work we had done to get to this point I wasn't going to walk. I was going to finish strong. I think I about fell over when I crossed the finish line because of exhaustion and elation. The Duke women's basketball team towered over me as they handed me my medal at the finish. I am very happy with how we did. My first half marathon experience was fun, exciting, exhausting, and successful. I hope the soreness will wear off after a couple days. Feels like a combination of a really bad hangover and being hit by a truck!
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| ugh!!! Done! |
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| Completion! Great Job!! |
Great job honey, great job..!!!!!
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