My first half-marathon as a surprise!

Heyy everyone,

I just need to get this out of my chest as I'm super happy. I ran for a charity event today - every kilometer (0.62 miles) ran or walked counted for a bit over a dollar towards a children charity of runner's choice. My original plan was to run 10 km (6.2 mi) as that's what I currently run as maximum distance in my cardio sessions.

However, I saw a guy, must have been over 80 years old, limping, with severe scoliosis (one of his shoulders was about 20 cm lower than the other) with really bad case of varicose veins on both legs - and he was still challenging himself, walking one lap after the other. So I told myself - if he has will strong enough to do this, I should challenge myself as well! So I decided to test my new distance maximum.

As I was running past my usual 10k, I didn't feel tired and felt I could go on and on. I 'woke up' from my thoughts after about 18 km (~11 mi) and thought - wow, I could actually hit 21k and run my first half marathon! Since I realized it, it started to become harder , but I did it. I ran 21k in 2 hr 21 min 45 sec. I'm soooo happy. My legs hurt and I think tomorrow I won't really be able to wake up, but I'm still so damn proud

On a side note - that elderly gentleman whom I owe the inspiration was still walking when I finished my run, after almost 2.5 hours. I truly admire him.

Thanks everyone who had the patience to read this!