Saturday morning started out really early. Alarm clock was set for 4:30 am. I had my pre-race ritual including breakfast of plain thin bagel (I didn't have an English muffin with me) with almond butter and a banana. I didn't have my coffee 'cuz I was afraid of what havoc it might do to my belly.
Got dressed and ready to go!
It was cloudy that morning but no rain in the forecast. I forgot to bring a "throw-away shirt" so hubby gave me his. It was in the low 50's at the start line.
Traffic was atrocious.
After hubby dropped me off, I had to walk about a mile to the start line. I was in corral #16. The corrals are 15-20 feet apart from each other and start times were staggered. So even though the official start time was 7:00 am, my corral didn't get to start until about 7:30.
Runners on freeway (taken by hubby), this is probably about mile 10.
I felt really good from mile 1 to about mile 9. It was after that -- I started to feel the fatigue and I had to do a few run/walks. I managed to get in some GU around mile 7 and kept "munching" on it through mile 12. Honestly, I don't even know how I managed mile 10 thru 12 but I just kept telling myself, "..you're almost there!"
When we got close to Safeco Field, I knew Qwest Field was just across the way and I had to kick it up a notch. I just wanted to finish already!
Finally, the finish line. I saw hubby there waiting for moi!
Photo op!!!
My official time was 2:02 --- I shaved 7 minutes off from my 1st half-marathon --- Wahoo!!!
Compression time --- yay!
Overall, it was such a wonderful, fun weekend! I accomplished what I set out to do and am proud for being able to do it. That's coming from someone who thought that 1 half-marathon was enough, with only 12 weeks of training and getting through an injury. I also met a couple of bloggers briefly at the finish line: Tall Mom on the Run and Blonde Ponytail.
It was nice to come home to this little guy!
What did you do over the weekend?
congrats on the PR, thats HUGE
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