1st Half Marathon is Saturday

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  • LoosingMyLast15
    LoosingMyLast15 Posts: 1,457 Member
    One of my gf's and her husband are doing that one too! They have one in the same area in Sept "Divas Half" that we will also be doing.

    I just did the Titanium Girl challenge (ran a half in Columbia, MD and then the Frederick half a week apart). My training was time based rather than miles and the longest distance I ran was 11.5. I finished in less time than the goal i had set for myself (2:28:29)
    Do what's worked for you until now.

    My pointers:
    Keep consistent to what you have done--All my runs were morning runs on empty stomach so the morning off I drank some water (never did gatorade or poweraide) I did have half of a luna bar at 5 (2hrs before the half).

    Dont OVER hydrate---I felt parched the last 3 miles of my first half so for the second I figured I would drink enough water to be hydrated but not bloated that morning....well you can imagine...nature called at the first porta-potty!!! I finished the 2nd in less time than the first but without that bathroom break it would have been a whole 5 mins less.

    Dress appropriately---I wore similar outfits for both of mine but i have no idea why with the second one i had to take off one of my shirts...got way too hot.

    ENJOY and HAVE FUN!!!

    Thank you! i plan on wearing the same clothes i wore for my 10k, tank top and capri pants (wear the capri pants for ever race). i did buy some gatorade chewies but other than this everything else has stayed the same from previous races ummm well except at packet pickup they had wine tastings and i just couldn't resist but it's early so i'm not worried about having a few. lots of water for the rest of the evening.
  • LoosingMyLast15
    LoosingMyLast15 Posts: 1,457 Member
    thank you everyone! i'm so excited for race day tomorrow. i've got my bagel, peanut butter and banana ready to go for tomorrow morning. plan on eating at 5:30 and race is at 7:00 so i should be good food wise. i've got my gatorade for the morning as well. outfit's ready to go. i think i'm ready, i know i'm ready! WOO HOO!
  • melaniecheeks
    melaniecheeks Posts: 6,349 Member
    Have a great run - come back and tell us how you got on!
  • davemunger
    davemunger Posts: 1,139 Member
    Soooooo.... how did it go?
  • LoosingMyLast15
    LoosingMyLast15 Posts: 1,457 Member
    Soooooo.... how did it go?

    one word AWESOME!!!!!!! details: finished 2:53:14 (or 13:14 mm). for my first half i'm very happy with this time. it was a gorgeous run (so many farms, wineries, pastures, horses, goats, cows) just beautiful. the course was challenging with lots of hills. we ran on both pavement and gravel/dirt roads (my trail running training paid off with this part of the course - i loved it but so many complained about the loose gravel/dirt road during the race).

    Out of 2369 i finished 1900. brought along an extra gatorade gummy (had that around mile 7). sun was still an issue for me (i think it's always going to be seeing as i'm irish with extremely fair skin). i kept a steady pace and went a little slower than normal because i wanted to make sure i had enough energy to finish hence a slower than normal time. stopped at mile 4 for a bathroom break (because of the humidity/heat destination races made sure there were water stops at almost every mile and at certain stops they gave out electrolyte drinks. I did stop at the wine station (mile 6) it was a sweet wine and barely a sip but the sugary sweetness was nice and didn't bother my stomach. got all the way to mile 9 before i had to walk (walked in total just slightly over a mile). I got a 1/3 of the way up the first hill at mile 9 and said forget it i'd rather save my energy for the flat parts than run up this God awful hill. LOL!

    Hardest part for me was between mile 9 and mile 11 - this was where i did most of my walking. Reached mile 11 and said to myself SUCK IT UP and MOVE! got a bit of extra energy then hit mile 13, spotted my hubby (he took my profile pic) and kicked it into high gear so i could finish strong.

    all in all it was GREAT! I'm already thinking about my next half and will certainly do this race again next year.
  • davemunger
    davemunger Posts: 1,139 Member
    That is awesome! Congrats on finishing your first half. Impressive that you only walked a mile in that heat!

    Sign up for a nice cool fall half and you'll PR for sure!

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