But today I accomplished a goal of mine. I ran my first ever half-marathon! I was really worried about how I was going to do because this past month has been so awful that I haven't had time to run at all. Until today I hadn't even gone running at all since Memorial day, so I wasn't near as prepared as I wanted to be. So I am just so happy that I could do it! I actually was doing really well until mile 11. At mile 1o I was at 1 hour 45 minutes exactly and I thought yes, just three more miles and I can do that in 30 minutes and I would finish before my goal time of 2 hours 30 min. So I guess I started running faster than I could handle because at mile 11 I was ready to die. I had to walk and eventually stop and it added about 20 minutes I think. I finished at exactly 2 hours 40 minutes. It was the best feeling ever to cross the finish line and have them announce my name as I finished. It is something I have wanted to do for so long and I learned so much for the future and I will definitely do it again. I am not sure I would ever run a full marathon but the half marathon was awesome!

4 comments:
Congratulations! I am so proud of you! I can't wait to run one of my own!
You are so amazing!
That is so awesome!!!! I'm so proud of you - that took a lot of work and willpower...not many people can run a half marathon! I miss you and I love you Annie!!
Woohoo!
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