Half Marathon

Last November I decided I needed to up my workouts and start jogging. When I first started jogging I could barely run a 1/2 mile, I worked myself up to 2 - 3 miles this last spring. Well in May I had a crazy idea that I should run a 1/2 marathon. I googled "half marathons for beginners" to see what kind of training it would take to accomplish this. So I started a 10 week training program that took me up to August 1st, when I ran in the YMCA Cats Incredible 1/2 Marathon. I had two goals when I started. The first one was to finish, and the second one was to not finish last. Well I accomplished both. I ran the race in 2 hours, 14 minutes, and 16 seconds. I was happy with that time, I was thinking it might take me more like 2 hours and 20 -25 minutes. There were 76 runners and I finished 68th, so I was right there at the end of the pack, but didn't finish "last"! A lot of people say once you do a 1/2 marathon that you will want to go on and do a full marathon....well I am not one of those people, I really do not have any desire to do a full marathon. I would do another 1/2 marathon and maybe some 5 and 10K's would be fun, but we will see.

Steve and the kids were there at the finish line to congratulate me.