Austin 3M half marathon. 1:12:38 finish. The race was delayed one hour for high winds. What a hard race. I wasn't really there mentally with a lot going on at home. Just could not get into the mental focus to run, didn't even want to start, I wanted to just stay in bed!
I had the best time going to the elite dinner and meeting sponsors and the Elite teams from Ethiopia, Kenya and Russia. The Russian team was very cool, way better trained than I was! I was totally out of my league at this race..
Good course, but I never felt the supposed downhills! I still can't figure out how to take any food in on a half marathon. I only had two drinks of gatorade during the race and I guess it got me through. The course turned a lot and each time we headed into the wind I tried to hang behind someone else but everybody else had the same idea I think because we kept running into each other. It was a hard race for me mentally, I pretty much gave up a few times but held on to the end. Now I have to decide if I feel like running Melbourne in a week!
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