Half marathon #1 for the year out of the way. Check... check... Apparently it is destiny... my time that is. Every half marathon I've run, the race time has come within within a few minutes of each other. This wasn't really a technically challenging race except for the obvious lack of water stations. There were only four for the whole course. The hardest one I've probably run was Sedona, which was all hills. This was a nice course along the Mississippi River and thousands of runners, which trying to run with thousands of other runners right out of the chute isn't so fun. However, this one was challenging in it's own right. Here are some words of advice if you plan to run a race:
- Stop training the week or two right before the race to go to Europe.
- Decide when you get home to run a 5K the night before the race because you haven't been running due to afore mentioned #1.
- Run the race less than 36 hours after getting home and still suffering from jet lag.
- Get sick two days before you leave for Europe so that is two more days of non-training.
- Try Gu power shots on the course if you've never tried them before. They made me sick for two days after the race.
DO:
- Keep going. The end is in sight, well eventually it is in sight. It doesn't matter how many people you pass, or really how many pass you, it matters that you finish. It may be a miserable race, you have shin splints by mile 1, and shoulders cramping by mile 3, and not enough water, and almost throw up the Gu shots... but keep going.... you aren't going to die. And if you do, it's a great story to tell people on the other side.
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