יום שלישי, נובמבר 07, 2006
Mind over matter
2:16:30!!! Between a 10:00 and 10:30 minute mile pace.
72nd out of 148 in the Females 20-24 category. (Even though when I counted the names one by one it was 74th. But ah well, yours truly just can't do math. Yes, counting is math.)
And in case you didn't know, a Half is only 13.1miles (equivalent to about 21km. So don't think I ran a whole 26.2 miles in 2:16. That'll be the day I'm crazy. )
Not bad. Considering that I had a strained calf in the healing and a cold. Having the willpower to hold off the symptoms was fun. Until your voice gets taken away from you, that is.
It felt like I was flying over the Golden Gate Bridge. Second best to riding a bike over the Gate. The last 3.1 miles, we were met with this insane sandy beach route! Whose smart idea was it to run on sand? Shouldn't the route planners know that running on sand is soooooooo bad for your leg muscles? And if its not enough, right after the sand we were met with the hatefully steep hill which we had ran down on in the beginning of the route (that stupid hill was STEEEEEEP). Aparah!!! Running on sand and hills at the retreat was what strained my calf last month! But I guess they wanted to make the last 3.1 miles challenging to filter out the really good runners from the rest.
Did wish that my friends were at the finishing line to cheer me on when I hit it. But ah well, the crowds cheering was good enough. And after all, they did cheer me on from the hotel room we stayed in.
I read from the results that some dude from Davis broke the record this year with 1 hour 9 minutes!!! Yay. Glory to Davis. And the gal who broke the record did it in 1 hour 21 minutes! Crazy people (I mean it in praise when I say that).
Anyhoo, this December 3rd: RUN CIM (California International Marathon) with Whitney!!!! You dang whole 26.2 miles, here we come to POTONG your SAYURRR!!! ¶ 5:32 AM
2:16:30!!! Between a 10:00 and 10:30 minute mile pace.
72nd out of 148 in the Females 20-24 category. (Even though when I counted the names one by one it was 74th. But ah well, yours truly just can't do math. Yes, counting is math.)
And in case you didn't know, a Half is only 13.1miles (equivalent to about 21km. So don't think I ran a whole 26.2 miles in 2:16. That'll be the day I'm crazy. )
Not bad. Considering that I had a strained calf in the healing and a cold. Having the willpower to hold off the symptoms was fun. Until your voice gets taken away from you, that is.
It felt like I was flying over the Golden Gate Bridge. Second best to riding a bike over the Gate. The last 3.1 miles, we were met with this insane sandy beach route! Whose smart idea was it to run on sand? Shouldn't the route planners know that running on sand is soooooooo bad for your leg muscles? And if its not enough, right after the sand we were met with the hatefully steep hill which we had ran down on in the beginning of the route (that stupid hill was STEEEEEEP). Aparah!!! Running on sand and hills at the retreat was what strained my calf last month! But I guess they wanted to make the last 3.1 miles challenging to filter out the really good runners from the rest.
Did wish that my friends were at the finishing line to cheer me on when I hit it. But ah well, the crowds cheering was good enough. And after all, they did cheer me on from the hotel room we stayed in.
I read from the results that some dude from Davis broke the record this year with 1 hour 9 minutes!!! Yay. Glory to Davis. And the gal who broke the record did it in 1 hour 21 minutes! Crazy people (I mean it in praise when I say that).
Anyhoo, this December 3rd: RUN CIM (California International Marathon) with Whitney!!!! You dang whole 26.2 miles, here we come to POTONG your SAYURRR!!! ¶ 5:32 AM
