dear half marathon, consider yourself spanked

Posted on May 8, 2010 by Marie

Half marathon results: PRed by about 3 minutes. Just drank a beer in the bath. Full body massage coming up at 3 p.m.

I was in agony for the first three miles. Those three…were worse than the LAST three, if you can believe it. I wondered if I was going to be able to finish.

Right hamstring, left shin, right ankle all conspired against me. Plus it was cold and CRAZY windy. 35 mph gusts.

But then somehow all the pain just melted away and I started hauling ass. By the time we got to track I’d found a groove and when I saw the clock at mile 8, I realized a PR was still possible. That last mile, I was passing people left and right.

Bewildered. But elated.

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  • http://www.DailyBeerReview.com Rob aka Beer Drinker

    Wow. Congratulations! Sounds like kite flying weather.

  • http://myrunningshorts.wordpress.com runshorts

    A big congrats. Maybe there’s something to battling the wind, because I recently ran a surprising PB under similar conditions. Enjoy your much-deserved beer bath!

  • http://simplyshaka.wordpress.com simplyshaka

    Great job to you! Sounds like helluva weather going on there. And bath + beer is great. I don’t do it often enough.

  • http://secondcityrandomness.wordpress.com Amy @ Second City Randomness

    Hell yeah! Way to go on the race! It’s always awesome to PR…. :)

  • http://threegreenleaves.wordpress.com Kloé

    That’s awesome! Congrats :-)

  • http://krex555.wordpress.com krex555

    Congratulations! But what exactly is PR? It might be my next career move, but I highly doubt you were going for public relations during your run!

    • http://cheaperthantherapy.wordpress.com/ Marie

      dork! It’s a personal record. (PB/personal best also acceptable!)

  • http://myverbalvomit.wordpress.com Kelly

    Congrats! Love that you drank a beer in the tub, that’s awesome!

  • http://taoistbiker.wordpress.com Taoist Biker

    Congrats on the PR!

    It was cold and windy as hell at my son’s track meet on Saturday; I can only imagine it was even colder where you are. Damn unpleasant to be running in, I imagine, but you kicked its ugly ass!

  • http://melindahinsonneely.com Melinda Neely

    Congrats! So what was your time?

    • http://cheaperthantherapy.wordpress.com/ Marie

      2:21. my worst ever was 2:36 and my most recent was 2:28. I would love to average closer to a 10 minute mile but I might love food and beer a little bit more… ;-)

  • http://greatdaytobealive.wordpress.com Erin

    Congrats on a PR!

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