My 1st Half Marathon

Today I ran a half marathon. It was cold and wet and not actually that fun, but I'm really glad I did it and I'll probably do another one next year.


Doing this was #3 on this list. I joined a "marathon club" in January to start training for one and today I actually ran the race! And I had the same weather I ran in back in January:



Lovely, isn't it? This past week leading up to the race, it was rainy and cold, but I still hoped for no rain or snow today. I wasn't worried about cold, cold is actually nice, but I knew wet wouldn't be any fun.

After the first mile, my shoes were soaked. And I had a huge cramp. I think I ate a little too much - it's hard to balance eating enough so I'm not starving during my run, with not eating too much so that I don't get sick or get cramps. I guess I got the balance wrong! I'm so obviously a beginner at the half marathon thing.

Other than that it was just cold and wet - a really friendly person drove their car by me without slowing down and I got totally sprayed with slush. Such nice people in this world - didn't they know I was running 13 miles?? Haha oh well I was wet anyway I guess.

The last few miles were just not fun at all, but I finally crossed the finish line! Clark was waiting to capture pictures of me looking like a drowned rat. :)



My time wasn't as bad as I was thinking - I felt like I was going sooo slow but it was a good time for me - I'm not a fast runner but I'm getting a little faster!

I'm planning on doing one again next year but I'm not so sure about this one - this weather just wasn't my favorite. We'll see!