I am sure that you have all figured out that I survived. Also, I am hooked and so very ready to do it again!!
I am really quite happy with the way my very first half went - with a finish time of 2:08:54 (complete with two monster hills - I am really looking forward to finding flat races).
There are just a few things I would do differently:
1. Eat more before the run. Joe says one of the Olympic teams ate blueberry pancakes for breakfast. Really, if it is good enough for Olympians - it's good enough for me.
2. Drink more from the hydration stations earlier on. Towards the end of the race I was grabbing two cups of water, and I should have been doing that all along.
3. Start out slower. I kinda took off like the house was on fire, and perhaps I should have taken the first three miles slow. Then, perhaps, I would have had extra gas in the tank for that monster of a hill on mile 12.
I was looking back through all my stuffs, and noticed that I haven't even been running for one year. I believe my anniversary date is Sept. 4th. I feel pretty good about how far I have come in less than a year. Joe asked where I was one year ago, my response: "on the couch, eating bon-bons." Here's to more successful halves and wholes.
May your day be filled with an overwhelming sense of accomplishment!
Andrea
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