Half marathons are fun, but I was nervous!! Probably because this race kicked my butt last year when I did the full marathon. But also because I have been training for speed and I wanted to do well, but I know that course is hilly. When I know I'm going to try hard, I know there will be pain and I get nervous. But it was a good race! Yes, there was pain. Mostly in the last mile. But I ran my heart out. This is the first time I have beat Jen. She wasn't feeling 100%. But mostly I think I was just a bit more pushy at the start with the crowd. It's a bit of a bottleneck and I was doing my best to pass people. I believe Jen and I probably ran the same speed the rest of the race, but I got ahead at the start. I had no goals to beat Jen. I only wanted to run my race the best I could. I did not beat my previous PR, but I did enough to take 3rd place in my age group! This is a smaller race, and I think this is the first time they have done 5 year age ranges instead of 10, so that worked in my favor too.
Ashley decided to come with us at the last minute so the three of us drove up together the morning of the race. We ran into Ande and Alissa waiting for the bus. It's always fun to see friends there.
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