Congrats on the age group award!!
Wooot wooot on that 1st place!!!
Great job speedy!!
Congrats on the AG!!! Great to read that the IT band wasn't an issue, too!
Congratulations on the award!!!!
I love that race picture - you may be bundled up and cold, but you're smiling and that's all that matters!
Congrats on the age group win - definitely not bad less than a week post-marathon
Congrats on the award! I get so excited when I finish near the top of my ag, even if there are only like 7 of us total.
I'm also following a db plan for an April 28 half. It'll be fun to train virtually alongside you!
LOL, same here! Oh awesome, we can be virtual training partners! I think he has a lot that day and the weekend before, hopefully we will all crush our goals and remain injury free!
January Half Marathon Recap: Callaway Gardens Half
This past Saturday I completed half marathon number one of my 12 month half marathon journey! I chose the Callaway Gardens Half Marathon because it was within driving distance and didn’t require a hotel stay the night before. I got up Saturday around 6:00, got dressed, ate my Clif bar, drank my water, took my vitamins and was out the door by 6:30. I arrived at Callaway around 7:20 and started the packet pickup process.
It was overcast with a light drizzle, but in the 50s. Unfortunately there was a steady wind, so I decided to keep my jacket on since I only had a tank top underneath and was wearing shorts. I decided to stick with the 4 hour pacer (the marathon is two loops of the half course, so it was also the 2 hour pacer) since I was supposed to run this at my long run pace of 9:10 per mile.
There were a few issues with this strategy. The first issue was that I completely forgot why I said “Never Again!” when I ran this race last year. The entire run is up and down, then WAY down, then WAY up, then back down and then up again! It is relatively flat where I live and this 519 feet of elevation gain is not something I was prepared for.
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The second issue is that the pacers were WAY off and really confused me. I started with the 2 hour pacer, but quickly realized he was running way ahead of a 9:10 pace within the first half mile. I decided to slow down and follow my own watch for pacing. Around mile two, the 2:15 pacer passed me, which made absolutely no sense because I was running around a 9:15 pace at that time. She passed me and just kept on going way faster than a 9:44 pace that she should have been running and left me looking around like .
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Minus all the pacing confusion and the hills, I still managed to finish in 2:04:57 with an average pace of 9:32. I also somehow managed to win second place in my age group and got a pretty mug. The medal is super cute, but I definitely don’t plan to do this race again next year (someone please remind me of this!!).
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One month down, eleven to go! Princess Half up next!
Same! Haha!I hope to run an “A” race at your LR pace someday!!
Wow! That’s awesome! Great job with all those hills and super cute medal. I hope to run an “A” race at your LR pace someday!!
#Proud!
Same! Haha!
Great job, lady!! And second in your age group! You are killing it this year!
Hooray for 121 miles! Wouldn’t it be great to have a running buddy?!! One can only wish! Yay for body pump-80 day obsession! I started cross training 3 weeks ago and already notice a difference in core strength, posture and leg strength! I think we have the same sneakers too! Lol
Great job with all the treadmill training! It really takes a lot of commitment to keep up the training when you can't get outside.
Congrats on a great race (despite some weird pacers and hills) and the AG placement!! Way to go girl!!Minus all the pacing confusion and the hills, I still managed to finish in 2:04:57 with an average pace of 9:32. I also somehow managed to win second place in my age group and got a pretty mug.
YES. Could someone please change this? We don't need it. And I do not like this dark when I leave/dark when I come home stuff!daylight savings time (aka my nemesis)
I'm happy for you, but don't rub it in. Not the case hereThe weather has been great here
Whoa!! Awesome!I got 121 miles for the month of January
I wonder that all of the time!! I have a coworker that thinks any presidential candidate could win running solely on the platform of getting rid of DST. I think he might be right!@run.minnie.miles why do we even have DST anymore?? LOL, sorry about the weather thing. I will hush! Thank you so much!!
I wonder that all of the time!! I have a coworker that thinks any presidential candidate could win running solely on the platform of getting rid of DST. I think he might be right!