We did it! My sister Meagan and I completed our first half marathon last Saturday. We ran the Top of Utah Half Marathon in Logan, and it was great!
Jon, Koen and I headed to Logan Friday afternoon and headed to the park where I was to pick up my race packet, which contains my race shirt, bib number, and usually a few coupons and advertisements. We arrived an hour before they started passing out the packets so we played around at first and then stood at the front of the line.
Koen is checking out Jon's face while we wait. He'll do this sometimes while he's on Jon's shoulders and its sort of funny how he does it.
Just another cute picture. Notice Koen's tongue is out in both photos. He sticks his tongue out often now.
We had a lovely hotel room. We especially thought the height of the shower head was well placed. haha
Race day!
Meagan and I headed out at 5:30 Saturday morning for the race. We rode buses up to the starting line at 6:15. The race started a little after 7:00.
The run went great. I really enjoyed myself. The course was beautiful down the canyon where we could see the trees and a river running along the road. It was a beautiful morning. I tried really hard this time not to focus at all on the people around me, just to enjoy myself and have fun. I had one really crummy side ache for a small time, but other than that, I felt pretty good during my run. I tried cheering other racers on after the first half of the race as well as I tried to tell myself I was doing a good job too. I was tired by the last stretch of the run, it was hotter than what I was use to running in, but I kept running the whole time. I pushed extra hard at the very end. I remember my dad teaching me to finish strong when I was young. I completed my run at 2 hrs, 1 min and 54.6 sec! I am pleased with my time, though being as close to under 2 hrs as I was... I wish I would have pushed myself even harder throughout the race. So my goal for my next half marathon will be exactly that: to run it in under 2 hrs.
Finishing the race.
Out of 2012 runners that day I placed:
693th Overall
373th in Gender out of 1385
36th in 20-24 F division out of 184
7 comments:
I am proud of you both. Great job.
dad
Great Job Kristin! You are tough.
Congratulations, that is awesome!
Thats my girls! Way to go! I'm proud of you too.
Mom
Wow! Impressive time! Congrats!
Just want to say, I think Jon took a great shot of you crossing the finish line. Congratulations, again!
Mom
Thank you everyone! Just to be clear, the very first picture wasn't taken by Jon, but a company called, Zazoosh that was hired by the people putting on the race.
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