I did it!! My half-marathon story and other news....

After over 12 weeks of training, I am proud to say that I completed my first half-marathon yesterday. My goal of a 2:10 race wasn't met, however, I am learning that the course was about .5 miles longer than a 13.1 so I came a lot closer than I thought. I stopped my GPS about .3 miles short of the finish line and even my GPS showed a longer course. GPS was stopped at 13.29 with a 2:15:30.

What was even more awesome was seeing my family (cousins, aunt, uncle, husband, son, and daughter) in my last mile. That gave me the push I needed to run through to the finish.



Also, today marks the last day of my vacation. I have enjoyed these last three weeks so much! I really focused on taking care of myself. I cooked new healthy dishes for my family and got to try a ton of new exercise classes at the gym. Also, one of my other goals that I set for myself was to do an unassisted pull up. While I am not there, I only have to offset my weight by 15 pounds to get one good one in!! This is a big deal for me. I used to offset my weight by 100 to do a set of pull ups.

Next challenge; maintaining my weight during these next two months of holiday madness. I am also running a 15k next week so I am hoping my legs are fully healed by then! I am a little sore this morning!

I am also going to begin training for a full marathon this spring. I also have my sights set on doing a couple sprint triathlons and perhaps even the Chicago Olympic distance in the summer of 2011.

Thanks to everyone that has supported me through all of this.