NSV- Ran my first race! Half Marathon!

I did it! I ran the Rock n Roll San Diego half marathon on 6/2/2013! I signed up for it in January and didn't start running until February. Prior to that, I hadn't run since high school! ..and that was only for gym class as a freshman.

When I started, I couldn't even jog half a mile without stopping. I couldn't find a happy pace. I would jog here and there, but found it difficult to stick with a training program. I started with a 20-week program that I found online... then tried a 16-week... then 12.. I just wasn't consistent enough. Finally, 8 weeks out, I told myself I HAVE to do this or I won't succeed on race day! I stuck with it those last 8 weeks and my training took me up to 10 miles. I was still really nervous for race day and 13.1 miles, but told myself that I'd finish whether I had to walk the whole thing, or even crawl!

I was in corral 22 out of a total of 26, with a predicted finish time of 3 hours. Incredibly, the race ended up being my most successful run of all! I finished at 02:29:58 with a pace of 11:27 per mile. I jogged non-stop except for 2 quick stops for gatorade and 1 stop for a GU gel (I carried water with me). I felt so proud and healthy as I crossed that finish line

If I can do it, YOU CAN TOO!

Thanks for reading!