First 1/2 Marathon Yesterday!

StaciMarie1974

Finished in 2:32:27.71, 298th out of 379. Interesting note: there were more 1/2 participants than 5k participants.

Weather was great, clear & sunny once the sun was up. Started in the upper 30's and warmed up from there. I met my personal agenda, of completing the first 10 miles by the 2 hour mark. I'd estimate the first 10 miles was 85% running/15walking and the opposite for the last few miles. No plans for another in the immediate future - but I do plan to run a couple of 5ks this spring and a 10k on the 4th of July.

lrichelle

Congrats! That is a great accomplishment!

WhatMeRunning

Congratulations on your first half! It is a huge accomplishment.

Daisy471

Congrats!

nickylee76

Congrats!!! Awesome job!! I have my first half in May. I am very excited.

michellemybelll

that's really awesome. congrats!

M1SS703

Well done!!

_Waffle_

That's pretty sweet time for your first half. You did great!

enterdanger

congrats! If all goes as planned, I'll be running my first in November. I hope I do as well as you!

dlr165

Congrats! I am running my first one in May.

dlr165

Can I ask some questions? How long was your longest run before the race? Was the recovery after running it, easy? If I don't eat enough carbs before my long runs, I am totally wiped out and have to take a nap. I am up to 9 miles. The plan I am following has my longest run as 13 but the week before I taper off.

StaciMarie1974

I almost don't want to admit this: but my longest run previously was ~8 miles. Combination of running with some walking. Sometimes its too easy to stop when I intended to go further.

I started with a modified plan - was designed for 12 weeks running 5 days week. I repeated some weeks as I had 16 to train. Initially I was running 60-90 and walking 60-90, and over the first month or so went ot more and more running. And got to where I could run, comfortably, 1-2 miles at a time. Early was mostly treadmill and then the last 1-2 months most of my Sunday runs were outside. And once I was running more/walking less - I didn't feel like running 5x a week was working for me. Felt kind of dead/worn out trying to run 3-5 miles on back to back days. And had some weeks here & there where 'life' got in the way!

I did consistently go longer on Sundays. The past few weeks in general I made a point to get up earlier on Sundays (work schedule changed and I had to be in at 11:30am) to be able to go out and run. Also helped me learn to layer for different temperatures. I'd spend 1.5-2 hours outside the past few weeks each Sunday, and took it a little easier last week. I knew that race day dynamics would factor positively. And I was very confident I could finish out walking as needed.

I'm still recovering. Took it fairly easy yesterday afternoon - and have a desk job so no major exertion today. Still a little stiff/sore. In the hip area - on the leg where I had the most injury from a car accident 13 years ago. THat may factor in WHERE I'm stiff? Its similar to a new strength routine type soreness, and is better once I'm moving. So getting up = awkward but after a few steps its mostly normal.

As for food, I do try to listen to my body. I'm maintaining, and have upped my calories a little as I lost a few more pounds than intended. I ate like a horse yesterday LOL.

dlr165 wrote: »

Can I ask some questions? How long was your longest run before the race? Was the recovery after running it, easy? If I don't eat enough carbs before my long runs, I am totally wiped out and have to take a nap. I am up to 9 miles. The plan I am following has my longest run as 13 but the week before I taper off.

arussell134

Congrats!! I think running some 5Ks and 10Ks before doing another half is a GREAT idea. You might find you do really well at those by racing them right now since you've built your endurance up.

catpea33

Nice job!!!

gabbo34

Congratulations!!!!

brendo204

awesome well done!

loratliff

Great job! Thanks for sharing.