Wake up call is very early for this race, which obviously suits me fine... Start time is 6:30!!!
Of course we had to take one last potty break, with no time to spare, gave Mayo & Keiser our jackets and off we went. We were a little ways back from start line, at first we thought we may be seeing things, but no that really is an elephant at the start line!
It was surprisingly pretty easy to maneuver around people this year. I had planned my race to stay with Meghan the whole time and we had no problem staying together. The temp was PERFECT for running!!! We felt GREAT! I love this race because you start in the dark and watch the sun come up!
We spent the first hour running and chatting, race is going as planned. It was great seeing Mayo and Keiser on the course and get that extra boost! Meghan has been sick for weeks so in the back of my mind I was thinking this may start getting hard for her within the next few miles and yep...that dreaded feeling of wow I'm wearing down hit around mile 8.5! Her running motto is "Embrace the Suck"...and that is exactly what she did-two bouts of dry heaving, heart rate off the charts, small periods of walking, some small talk from me at which time I'm sure she wanted to tell me to SHUT UP, and we entered the FINAL stretch!!!! We saw Trey (who rocked out another half marathon with a bad calf-he's not human) and Mike on the sideline of the chute... I waved for our photo op and we rounded the corner to the FINISH!! Meghan did it! And what is even more impressive about this is that she hates exercising.... What? You just ran a half marathon & you hate exercising! I guess she does it because she has a circle of friends that are fanatics about it!
And another congrats to Sharon Keiser on her PR!!!
I met up with Trey afterwards and headed back down to the course to see some friends finish the marathon! Impressive as always!
Hung out with Team Fowler for a bit, always awesome seeing them, and then headed back to the room to get ready for our traditional celebratory lunch @ Liberty Taproom! And the party begins!!
And then continuing on at the piano bar - which is on our list of places to go to again next year! So much fun. You could pay to put words on the glass and the audience would chant the words...nothing like hearing a crowd chant "Amanda's Hot"...LOL! Leave it to Mr. Whitley.
As if we had not had enough fun, then it snowed!!! What a day!
Doesn't this make you want to train and run a half marathon? Here's the 12 week training program that I used to reach the Finish Line.
Each week consists of 2 weekly runs and 1 long run on the weekends + add weights, core/yoga, cross training (usually spinning) during the week. I add a day of speedwork on one of the weekly runs if you are setting a goal.
Week 1 - 4 mile, 4 mile, 5 mile (long) run
Week 2 - 4 mile, 4 mile, 6 mile (long) run
Week 3 - 4 mile, 4 mile, 7 mile (long) run
Week 4 - 4 mile, 3 mile, 6 mile (long) run
Week 5 - 4 mile, 4 mile, 8 mile (long) run
Week 6 - 5 mile, 4 mile, 9 mile (long) run
Week 7 - 4 mile, 5 mile, 7 mile (long) run
Week 8 - 4 mile, 4 mile, 10 mile (long) run
Week 9 - 4 mile, 4 mile, 11 mile (long) run
Week 10 - 5 mile, 5 mile, 9 mile (long) run
Week 11 - 4 mile, 4 mile, 8 mile (long) run
Week 12 - 4 mile, 3 mile, RACE DAY (I usually take two days off before race day)
My next race is the Reedy River 10K in a couple of weeks.
I'm hoping to have a few REAL meals to post this week since I totally fell off the non-processed wagon in Myrtle Beach!!!
Gotta Run!
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