I survived the Hearbreak Hill Half Marathon. There were times when I wanted to stop. There were times when I just could not believe the steepness and number of hills. I even walked one of the hills. I ran positive splits. My legs felt like rubber for the last 4 miles. In my house we spell the 4-letter words (you learn to do that when you have kids); lets just say there was lots of spelling going on during the race. BUT,
I PRed - 1:42:40, 7:50 pace (preliminary results)
I won 3rd AG for 30-39.
I got a great massage.
I learned my lesson - I need to do hill training and increase my mileage if I want to run a 3:30 marathon in October.
I know I can easily beat this new PR on a flatter course.
Hurrayyyy!
Full report later and pics later today!!!
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Wow. AMAZING RACE, lady!!! That is such an amazing time, especially considering the hilly course! You are such a rockstar! Can't wait to read the full report :)
great job! lowell is flat, many people warn me about running a flat course, do you still think hill training is necessary? that's all i have around here are hills anyway
i had my first ice bath yesterday, could you hear me screaming? it did feel....good i guess you could say but the first few minutes were painful!
Congratulations! Hilly course, probably warmer than you'd like too, and yet you ran a PR! Awesome!
Wow! That's so cool! Congrats on your AG award! No matter how much spelling you did...you still kicked some A-$-$ in the race...haha! Congrats on conquering heartbreak again and your awesome time!
Today was a wonderful day for half marathon PRs! Though, mine was considerably slower than yours :)
congrats!! awesome job and congrats on the ag award! :)
excellent job on the hilly course, and great job on the PR! I can understand that desire to fold, but way to stay strong and keep going! Looking forward to the full race report.
you are freaking amazing :) CONGRATS!
Way to go!!!!! You must feel exhilarated!
~carpeviam
Great job on the half marathon. I am running my first half marathon in less then two weeks.
I love it. You rocked a hard course.
Great run on a tough course! I am sure you will be seeing many more PRs.
:)
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