With my New balance runners and my fuel belt put away for a month or so, I am thinking it is time to pound the pavement once again. This time a new goal.....running the 1/2 marathon in less than 2hours and 58 minutes!!
I have to blame that darn foot cramp at the 10 Km mark. It festered for the whole 1/2 marathon. I KNOW i could have done it in 2 hours and 20 minutes for sure but I had to stop every few strides and massage my aching foot. Of course, my foot decided to have a cramp THAT day. But in the end, I managed to finish with a great big smile on my face and almost 3 hours spent by myself with no one to bother me!!
I am so proud of what I did that day and will be for the rest of my life. I set my goal and I did it, nothing stopped me.
I have also realized that when I run, I feel the best! Not as many "bad/sad" days. I can go to my happy place!! Pounding the pavement, gravel and Shannon Lake road......look out, here I come again!!
Thank you to all who were my wonderful supporters, I couldn't have done it without you!
Thanks from the bottom of my heart!
3 comments:
I love the new look of your blog...
and I will not let another saturday go by without busting your butt and getting you up and out the door to run with us...
and think of it this way...
it is a great excuse for us to buy some new cute winter running stuff...
winter running here we come!
YEAH! You're blogging again!!
Great family photo! and once again, I couldn't be prouder of your half marathon accomplishement... hoping to join you next time :-)
You are amazing Mel!!
You keep up the good work, i guess with running there is always something new to acomplish.
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