I got myself to do a half-marathon this weekend - City of Trees. Marlin had been training for the full and I knew I did not want to do that. It drove him nuts but I didn't decide to do the half until we were in Boise and he was picking up his packet. Even then I debated on what to do. He and I ran the San Diego Rock & Roll marathon and I completely blew that one! So, I've been pretty hesitant about running any races. I'd been pretty frustrated and since SD I just wanted to run and that was it. I needed to regroup. But, we went to Boise for him to do the City of Trees and after some soul searching I decided to sign up for the half. I just wanted to be able to say I did it.
The half started out one hour later than the full and my biggest concern was it was going to be warm. When it comes to running races I usually over hydrate by drinking to much. But, I decided whatever happens happens. When it started I found some people I decided to pace with and once I was comfortable I decided to pick it up and move ahead. I met a few people along the course with made it fun. Once we got around mile 8 & 9 I was pretty happy with how I felt and knew I'd want to pick it up more towards the end. I saw a couple of people I knew I wanted to pass up before it was over. The last couple of miles I picked it up and was able to pass them. There was a women I thought might be in my age group so I knew I wanted to get in front of her. The last mile or so I saw that I might be able to get under 2 hrs which would be great for me because I hadn't been able to do that in other races.
When I finished the announcer said 2 hours and some seconds. But, when I looked at the posting it showed 2:01. When we talked to them they said not all the chips had recorded at the start of the race. Marlin and I were talking and we realized that I had actually started my watch before I'd crossed the start line. So, we calculated where we both had started in the beginning of our races and how long it took to cross the start line. We had started out at about the same place so we figured it was 13 seconds if we went off his watch. So, I'd have actually been under 2 hrs. If any of that makes sense we figured my time was 1 hr 59 min & 57 seconds.
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