I did it! I finished my first half marathon in 3:43 fighting strong 40mph winds. I battled a huge blister on the bottom of my foot and my cheap shirt digging into my right arm after mile 10 but I still kept on keeping on!!! I had to walk a little bit to cope with the arm pain because I wasn't used to that. However I was familiar with blisters so I just didn't even worry about that issue. The White Rock Half marathon course was not hard at all. Not really a lot of hills. Just strong winds. The weather temperature was around 60 degrees when we started the race and was around the 70's when we finished. What's funny is that there was a huge temperature drop that night after the race and now we are experiencing sleet and ice. In Texas we don't know how to deal with this type of weather so everything is closed down. I am so thankful to God that the weather was nice during the race. I am excited that I accomplished this goal in 2008 just like I planned at the beginning of the year. Now it's time to improve my half marathon time and move on to tackling 26.2 miles! After that it's time to improve my marathon time and move on to Ironman!!!!! I am going to have fun getting there and what's neat is that I am going to be slinging my beautiful sisterlocks all the way there!!!
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Congratulations! I am so proud of you! My 1/2 Marathon is coming up in 1.5 weeks and i've been playing "catch up" with my training.
Thanks so much! Good luck on your 1/2 marathon!! I see that you run a lot. I will be trying to go for my first full marathon January 2010 in Houston. Any advice would be appreciated very much. I hear from my running and triathlete buddies that the marathon is a different animal from the 1/2.
Also congrats on your graduation!!! Your hair rocks!!!
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