my first half marathon race

i ran a 1:59!!!!!!! about a 9:05 average pace, wooooo!!!!!!!!!!!! yeah!!!!!!!

although not pre-registered, i decided to make a 45-minute drive to a half marathon and register on-site because, 1) i've been getting a little bored with the Lakes loops, 2) i wanted to see what kind of shape i'm in, 3) i wanted to use this opportunity to practice some of the things you do during a marathon (running w/o headphones, pushing a little beyond comfort zones for 2+ hours straight, water stops, gu, etc), and 4) racing is fun!

the elevation changes in this race were a bit of a surprise but that was also some great practice for summit ave on marathon day. whenever i'm climbing hills nowadays, whether in training or during a race, i'm always imagining summit and how i don't ever want to quit on myself while i make that climb. just head down, one foot in front of the other, drive, drive, you can do it, you will not quit, you are not tired.

my foot pod is still not calibrated correctly!! it says i ran 12.5 miles at an average pace of 9:31. its so off! this whole time i've been coming home from all of my long runs, studying my slow splits, and becoming discouraged because i'm so out of shape and chunky, and how will i ever do this. stupid foot pod! oh well. maybe my scale is broken too! nah just kidding, hehe.

basically i ran about 4.8% further than what my foot pod says. which doesn't seem like a lot, but it is a noticeable difference on a per mile split basis. it doesn't even make any sense to show you my splits because they are all inaccurate.

i'm pretty happy with my sub-two! wooo! i felt like i crawled to the finish on the last 2 miles but in general i'm very happy with how it went. YEAHHH!!!!!!!