Good luck!

@poke987 WooHoo!!! Congratulations! You should be so proud of your accomplishment. I hope you get to relax & get super-spoiled tomorrow.

@FireStorm1972 have a great time tomorrow!

Well it was cold, it was wet, and a crap load of runners LOL.
Goals for today

1)Start
2)Finish
3)Run through what ever pain arises.
4)Beat my much younger brother's 1/2 Marathon time. think it was like 2:20:00 - 2:30:00
5)Equal my 1/2 Marathon training times of 2:06:?? - 2:15:??

My knee took a pounding from the 14K mark to the finish, the last 5K was full of hills, up/down. Every time I hit the upward hill my knee almost would give out and the pain was just as bad as on some of the training runs I did. But the pain went away as soon I hit level ground. So now I know to work on my weak points.Waiting for my official time to be posted, but I'm pretty sure what my time was since I clicked my watch from the start point to finish line. But I'll keep you ladies in suspense till then LOL. Goals 1/2/3 Met!!!. Goals 4/5???, you'll have to wait and see.

But to add a little laughter to this, I felt like this guy crossing the finish line.

@poke987. :27 could be Gun Time and the :17 could be Chip Time? Ya the guy that ran 1:14:12 was like 6'2" or something and he's a runner. he won it last 3-4 years. Oh my knees are like rubber going down stairs LOL.

Great runs, both of you!!!

@FireStorm1972 What an incredible first HM. Those are impressive bragging rights over your much younger brother. Congratulations!

Your winner was fast. The one I was in the men's winner came in at 1:19:43 (age 28) and the women's winner came in at 1:32:16 (age 20).

Is it just me but did any of you feel like you want to run another 1/2 marathon after you just did yours recently? Obviously not right away LOL but down the road sometime. Knowing that I can do it now with some heart to overcome the pain LOL. I have the urge to try and beat my time, especially with some more knowledge about my weakness in my knees and how to strengthen them.

My 3 runs during mid week are 5k/8k/5k and weekend run is at least 10K pending on how I feel. I'm seriously thinking on another local half on September 7th this year, which gives me 4 months to train and the early bird registration goes right to September 4th. So I think I'm going to train for that and if something happens along the way I'm not out that entry fee. September 7th Half looks like it may have some trail running, it's a course around a local lake 8) I also have the Terry Fox 10K charity event the weekend after that 1/2 Marathon LOL.

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I'm signed up for the HM in my town in November. I cannot wait (although my tendonitis needs to heal - bah). I am shooting for a 2:05-2:10 time and hoping for 1:58. I've missed running this week. I miss eating the extras that running allows me to eat as well!

I'm also looking at some trail runs prior to that (either 10k or 10 miles, depending on the race). It gets hot and humid in the summer here, so I'd like to find a run with shade. There's a rock-n-roll half near here in July which I hear is fun, but I can't do that weekend, plus, hot.

@Just_Ceci have you looked into duathlons? With all your cycling, you'd be perfect for that.

I pushing for sub 2 hours also. I have to seriously work on strengthening my hams and quads and abductors. the more I read about knee issues, they say its due to inbalance or weak muscles. I purposely cut the leg strength training out 3 months prior to my 1/2 thinking it would impede me LOL I was wrong LOL.

I have joined a beginners running club but haven't fully got back to training after my half.

Had planned to run hill repeats yesterday, but was asked to help out at a local bike race, so I just ran near the race route- 4 miles in 39:40. (At least the last mile was up a long hill, not really steep though.)