13.1

A couple weekends ago I completed my first half marathon. Just a few months ago I never would have been able to picture myself being able to run 13.1 miles. I could hardly even run a mile. But I did it! I finished in 2:10. I was hoping to get under 2 hours, but i'll just have to make that my next goal for my next race. Although I wasn't as prepared as I should have been, I felt surprisingly good throughout the race. It was so nice to have my friends Michael and Lloyd there running it with me. Especially Michael who ran along side me the whole time. He even kept up at miles 11-13 when he was dying, and I had a sudden burst of energy and was pretty much sprinting. (Realized later it was most likely from the GU gel packets they were handing out that turned out to have caffeine). That stuff worked like magic.

It was a really amazing experience. I loved running though the streets of San Francisco in the overcast, cool weather with thousands of other runners. Although I could hardly walk for the two days after the race, I'm already looking forward to running it again next year!