Finally the race day I have trained and waited over 6 months for finally got here. Steve and I were up early at 4:50 to catch a bus from the hotel to the race site. I was able to get on the bus before Steve, but it was the last time I was to be ahead of him until the race was over.
While training for this race I kept improving my times until I was able to run 13.4 miles in just over 2 hour and 8 minutes. I was hoping that I would be able to beat 2 hours in the race, but sometimes things happen and what you hoped for gets dashed on the rocks of life. So after over 1000 miles and 171 hours of training I took off with over 2000 runners at 7am-ish. 13.1 miles and 1 hour, 56 minutes, and 45 seconds later I crossed the finish line. The race was the hardest thing I have ever physically accomplished. My mile times during the last three miles were not great, but they were good enough to meet my goal. I did finish 44th of 104 in my age group, and 376th of 1300 half marathoners. There were over 800 full marathoners and we all started at the same time. Now that I finished what I started last December, am I done? Nope. Even though immediately after the finish I told myself that I would never do that distance again, I am going to register to run a half marathon in Deleon Springs, Florida on January 6, just three weeks from today.
Oh yea, Steve beat me by 1 minute and 36 seconds.
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