Hello,
I just got home, I have been so anxious to post.
Today has been an amazing day for me. On July 4th I decided it was time to believe in myself, and go after my dream to run a Half Marathon. On July 6th I registered for not one, but 2 half marathons.
Today, completing my first HM became a reality. My goal has always been to run the entire race. Before today, I had not completed a 13.1 mile run. I tweaked my training and my longest run was 12 miles. I can
NOT put into words how it felt crossing that "Finish" line.
I did it, I ran the entire race. I know, when you run your first HM, your not supposed to set a time goal, just a goal to finish it. I kept telling myself my goal was to finish it. But........I did have a timed goal. I wanted to run it in 2:30. As training progressed, I told myself that wasn't reasonable expectation. So I said, no longer then 2:45, but still preferably 2:30-2:40. My time was....are you sitting down,
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2:22.
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I am SO pumped.
It truley was an amazing run. I loved it. While running, I never once asked myself, "what were you thinking". I was so nervous about this a week ago, then the last couple of days I was anxious to run it. Today, at 0755, a calmness came over me. I was not one bit nervous.
Runners, I am 49, will be 50 in about 3 weeks. In high school, I ran the 50 and 100 yard dash, and the 440 relay. I was
NOT a long distance runner. I hadn't ran since high school. In fact, I told my running sister, that running was "stupid".
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Then, 3 years ago, I heard about C25K and I have been very happy
just running 3-5 miles for fun. A HM kept going through my mind, but I said there's no way. So what I am saying it BELIEVE in yourself. You too can make your dream a reality.