1. What's so big about Hospital Hill Half Marathon??? Well, the majority of the race is uphill. Seriously. They mark a few of the nastier hills on the course map, but they fail to mention that the rest of the race is pretty much slanted upward as well.
My goal was to run this race averaging 10 minute miles (we had trained for 10:30 miles, but I planned to push a little harder on race day.) I ended up shaving a few minutes off my goal time and finished 13.1 miles in 2:06. Woo hoo! For me, that's lightening fast :)
Overall I felt amazing. The hard work I had put in really paid off and although those hills were mighty brutal, I actually felt pretty good through most of the race. Well, until mile 11 which was entirely uphill, or at 12.5 miles when they threw in the steepest hill of them all... that was just mean.
I had an amazing cheering section that got me through, they saw me at miles 5, 9 and the finish.
I am so proud of myself and what I was able to accomplish. A few early mornings, a lot of hard work and dedication resulted in the earning of a medal and a really cool new track jacket! Totally worth it.
On a fun note, June blog posts are going to be filled with fun, new ideas for staying shape this summer, new recipes, new workouts and probably a few cute new workout outfits :) Stay tuned!
No comments:
Post a Comment