My 2nd half-marathon.
Final time: 2:40:09
Last year: 2:46:24
Not a bad race – not a bad race at all. So much for feeling unprepared!
You can tell that I knew it was a better race even as I was on the last .1 mile turn:
I’ve noticed that when I run, it’s all about the numbers for me – not my pace (well, not significantly about my pace) and not about my placement. I’m totally focused on the numbers associated with my run-injury-free run-walk program.
I’m constantly thinking about 0, 3, 5, and 8. Those are the key numbers when I transition from run to speed walk and from speed walk back to run.
The strange thing is that these numbers don’t slow me down – they help me concentrate on what I need to do for the next two or three minutes. Anything is possible for a two or three minute stretch. And if you string enough two and three minute stretches together, you have a half-marathon.
And hopefully, come February, if I string enough two and three minute stretches together, this girl will have her first full marathon.
{Can I get a Whoo-hoo!?! No? How about You have lost your mind!?!}