Larae

Since I haven’t been doing any kind of intentional exercise for the past 3 weeks I decided to go for a walk instead of trying to run. I went out about 12:30 this afternoon for one hour for a distance of 3.44 miles. I was happy with it an loved the 90 degree sun beating down on me.

I have not been posting on here because i blog about running and, quite frankly, i have not been running. I am such a sports fanatic and love to watch all kind of games so i seem to use that as an excuse all the time. I still have 14 weeks before i even begin training for my next half marathon. I’m sure i’ll find some motivation before then. Congrats to all those that raced today, i love reading race reports.

Feb 19,2012 was my 3rd half marathon and 2nd time for the Livestrong Austin (half) marathon. I started my training program and stuck to it pretty well for the first 6 weeks then became increasingly lazy. I enjoy racing much more than the training leading up to it. Today proves my lack of training I have some pain in my foot and a little in my knee. The hills on this course really take a toll on my knees, but with the proper training I’m sure I would have been ok. My time was a PR for this course, but not a half PR for me. I left the race disappointed in myself and only had myself to blame. Half way through the run I began questioning myself whether or not to even continue running at all. I am too competitive with myself that I set my goals too high and get highly discouraged when I don’t meet my goals. I don’t like feeling this way and being jealous of other people’s times. They deserve it because they earned it and training harder and more consistant than I did. I will attempt to do another half in November in San Antonio and see how the training and the race itself goes.
As far as the race itself, I felt pretty good till about mile 6. After that I pretty much mentally gave up and just wanted to see the finish line. When i got to about mile 11 I knew the worst hill was just ahead of me and I was dreading it. By this point my knee (ITB issues) was killing me and I was walking. My knee totally gave out on me and had a sharp pain I’ve never felt before I thought I was gonna fall out! I got scared and worried, especially knowing I was so close to the finish…yet so far away! I reached the end and honestly don’t remember anything that happened, even forgot to stop my watch. I just wanted to find my husband (that beat me to the finish and it was his first half…great job babe) and eat some chips and pee!

randomloveofthings asked: Thank you so much for the encouragement! I am going alone so I really appreciate the support. I'm only a little nervous...haha.

You will be great! And you will become addicted. I went from doing nothing 2 years ago to now completing at least a dozen 5k’s, a 7 mile race, a 5 mile run with my personal “hero” Ryan Hall, and in 2 weeks I’ll be running my 3rd half marathon. Let me know how it goes.

I have been running for 2 years. I am currently in week 7 of my training for my 3rd half marathon. I think the half is my favorite distance!

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