I completed and PR’d my third half marathon today! I honestly didn’t know how I would do because A) I just wasn’t all that excited for it and B) it was raining off and on during the race. My goal time was 1:55 and I crossed the finish line with an official time of 1:54:42. Woohoo! […]
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Everyday Moments
A Slight Change to my 30 Before 30
I’ve decided to change my #10 item on my 30 Before 30 List. Why? Well, because I can. Kidding…sort of. Actually, I’ve been thinking about my #10 item: “Run at least one half marathon a year” and at the end of that I had “(though this could really be determined on #29)” which was about […]
Everyday Moments
Keeping My 2013 Goals
Since May is only a couple of weeks away, I thought I would reflect on how I’m doing with my 2013 goals. My first thoughts is that I’m doing pretty darn good with them. I wanted to create smaller, more meaningful goals that I knew would be within reach while pushing me as well. So […]
Fitness
Half Marathon #2: Sub 2 Hour Club
I ran the GO! St. Louis Half Marathon this past weekend, and joined the “Sub 2 Hour” club. I finished with a time of 1:58:12—13 minutes faster than my first half marathon last fall. My goal was to finish within 2 hours, so I was pleased to finish two minutes better. I ended up placing 137th […]
Fitness
I Rocked 13.1
This past weekend was the Rock ‘n’ Roll half marathon that I’ve been training for since the beginning of August. I finished in 2 hours and 11 minutes. Originally I had signed up for the 2 hour and 30 minute finisher group and realized during my training that I knew I could finish before that. […]
Fitness
I just might be crazy…
Because I signed up to run a half marathon next month. That’s 13.1 miles. I had been going back and forth for almost a month about whether or not I wanted to run the half marathon. It’s not that I’m worried about not being able to finish it—I know I’ll be able to. It was […]