I know it's been a long time since I last posted. I know. I started a new job to go along with my two Master's courses and I haven't been able to perfect the balancing act yet. It may be some time before I post again, but I at least wanted to talk about the St. Louis Go! Half Marathon.
So, about a year ago, I talked about some of my goals. A quick recap - drink more water (does coffee count!), 7 min mile (I am down to 7:29!!!) and a sub 2-hour half marathon. Go! has sealed the deal with that final goal. Boom.
I was originally signed up for the full marathon, but then I was scheduled for a work trip so I stopped training for a full. Last minute, I got booted from the work trip so I booked a ticket to St. Louis, but I wasn't prepared to run 26.2 miles. So, I called up the race and they kindly dropped me down to the half, which I have been training for, hardcore, with my half marathon training group with Fleet Feet Mount Pleasant.
And boy, did it pay off.
I wanted that sub 2-hour so bad that it was going to be a heavy blow if I didn't make it. There was a point between miles 6 and 8, where the hills were so steep, they were sponsored. SPONSORED HILLS! That I really thought about slowing down, giving up and just accepting the time. BUT I thought about all those hills we ran during training, I leaned into that hill and I kept pushing! And it paid off!
My final time came to, 1:57:29! So, it wasn't even by the skin of my teeth with a 1:59:59 (which I would have totally been happy with) I had the tiniest bit of wiggle room.
I'm going to start working on that 7 minute mile starting tomorrow at our training run! And if you don't hear from me soon, don't think I've forgotten about you. I'm just trying to do it all!
So, about a year ago, I talked about some of my goals. A quick recap - drink more water (does coffee count!), 7 min mile (I am down to 7:29!!!) and a sub 2-hour half marathon. Go! has sealed the deal with that final goal. Boom.
I was originally signed up for the full marathon, but then I was scheduled for a work trip so I stopped training for a full. Last minute, I got booted from the work trip so I booked a ticket to St. Louis, but I wasn't prepared to run 26.2 miles. So, I called up the race and they kindly dropped me down to the half, which I have been training for, hardcore, with my half marathon training group with Fleet Feet Mount Pleasant.
And boy, did it pay off.
I wanted that sub 2-hour so bad that it was going to be a heavy blow if I didn't make it. There was a point between miles 6 and 8, where the hills were so steep, they were sponsored. SPONSORED HILLS! That I really thought about slowing down, giving up and just accepting the time. BUT I thought about all those hills we ran during training, I leaned into that hill and I kept pushing! And it paid off!
My final time came to, 1:57:29! So, it wasn't even by the skin of my teeth with a 1:59:59 (which I would have totally been happy with) I had the tiniest bit of wiggle room.
