Here we are before we started running. My neighbor Michelle is in the gray shirt and my friend Liz from church also ran with us.
The first half was awesome! It was down hill, beautiful scenery and it went by really quickly. The second half was awful. It turned uphill and the high altitude plus going uphill made it difficult to breath, I had a really hard time catching my breath. From mile 8 to 9 it was all down hill which was a nice relief except for the fact that when you reached mile 9 you turned around so mile 9 to 10 was up hill, it was pretty steep for the entire mile.
The blessed finish line!!!!!! I finished in 2 hours and 15 minutes, 16th out of 36 people in my age division.
After the race I had a weird asthma attack of sorts. I have never had this experience before. It took me 20-30 minutes before I could breath normally again. Overall it was a great experience and I learned a lot about running a half marathon. I am going to run another one in 8 weeks with some other friends so hopefully I will be able to improve and have a great experience again!
10 comments:
Awesome! I'm very, very impressed.
Great job! Running a half marathon is always an accomplishment. I hope your next race goes just as well. Hope you get that asthma thing figured out too. I get asthma when I run and it can be scary.
That's awesome! I knew you were training for one, but I didn't realize you already ran it! Congrats!
Wow! Michelle you look awesome! You're my inspiration. Good luck on the next race.
wow! Michelle, that's awesome! Congrats on your run - you're amazing!
WOW! What an accomplishment! I love that you have something just for you that you really love. Good luck with the next one!
That is so hard!! I can say that, not from experience, but from lack of experience. The farthest I have ran is a 10K and talk about feeling like your legs were going to break off!! Congrats-I am so proud of you.
Way to go--you did awesome! That is quite an achievement! And you're already planning on a second one...wow!
Holy crap! You go girl (I know, thats a cheesy line, but it needs said)! I like to run, and I try to keep it up. But just thinking about going that far makes my legs ache! good for you!
WAy to go Michelle!!! You did it, you ate ice cream, you survived and you'll do it again! awesome.
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