aka my 2009 Quad Cities Half Marathon report
The quote comes from the starter's pre-race comments to the runners just before the starter's gun went off. It really was a day of no excuses. Things...
aka my 2009 Quad Cities Half Marathon report
The quote comes from the starter's pre-race comments to the runners just before the starter's gun went off. It really was a day of no excuses. Things like my wife getting stuck in traffic or no electrolytes after mile 4 did not deter me from besting my personal "gold medal" goal of 1:55:00. It wasn't a Personal Record and even was my third slowest half ever ran, but given my life and work lately, I personally kicked butt Sunday.
Time to rest for a week, and start prepping for my next half marathon -- Des Moines Half Marathon - Oct 18, 2009.
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Hey nice I am glad someone saw themselves in my video. That photo with the extreme zoom pre-race with me under start I found on Flickr of myself (courtesy of QCRunner). It was a great day to race on Sunday.
I think she was more stressed about getting stuck in race traffic and missing me for most of the race this year. I know she is proud of my achievements though. Thanks for watching, Angie!
Thank you! I hope everyone can achieve that feeling of what happens when you train hard for something for months and when the time comes everything just works out great.
1 mile is definitely more than I could do when I first started. It just grow from there though and not ever believing I couldn't do it or I hit my limit. Thanks!
Like I told my HS daughter just start with a 2 min : 1 min run walk system and progress from there. She progressed to running a 7 miles race with me last year. At that point, it's just a small leap of training to running halfs, which are really the best distance race to do.
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