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| Waiting to Start! |
Saturday was fun…and challenging! I participated in the 2019 Garmin Marathon, choosing to run the half marathon distance. I have yet to reach the 26.2-mile mark. I tried last year, in the 2018 Air Force Marathon, but was swept off the course at 21.2 miles into the attempt. Hopefully, this year, that will change.
I was a little skeptical of how I might perform on Saturday since my last half marathon was in November. I set a new personal record during that run of 2:09:12 but have not run over 6.2 miles since then. However, since my goal is to complete the full marathon distance this year, I knew I needed to start running further earlier in the season. And, that is how I found and signed up for the Garmin Marathon weekend!
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| Garmin Half Marathon |
The course was fun. We had a lot of people cheering us on along the streets and some even yelling from their porches. I felt the first half of the race was mostly downhill, based on the elevation profile, so it wasn’t too intense. Once we hit the mid-point of the race, we started getting into hills. One hill was a monster and certainly zapped my confidence to run any further hills. Admittedly, I have been walking up most hills during my training. I was proud of myself on Saturday since I ran up the majority of the hill to just past the halfway point.
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| Bib and Medal |
Prior to hitting the hills, I really had the intention of beating my personal record. Then, reality set in: it probably wasn’t going to happen. To salvage the race, I decided to settle in and work on my marathon pace. I walked for .15 miles where I needed to and ran the rest. My pace dropped from about 10:04 to an ending pace of 10:39 per mile. Not too bad, considering I am shooting for 11:25 during the marathon. I will just have to keep working on it and improve. That’s all I can really do!
Next up: The Papillion Half Marathon!
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