Ran an all girls half marathon this morning. My friend was sponsoring the race for her business and gave me a cute headband and shirts to race in.
I honestly had no idea what to expect for this race but when I got to the start I realized it would be small and didn't look too competitive at all. I think there were about 140 girls running. It was in Apline and I knew it would be hilly, but Whoa was it HILLY!
Anyway didn't get a warmup and started out slow. I felt like I couldn't breathe (maybe the elevation is a lot higher in Apline?) A girl ran the first mile with me and then after that I was alone the entire race. It was really weird running all by myself and having no one in front of me to pass but I just kept on going. I had no idea what the course route was so I just ran from sign to sign and took it easy. Stopped at all of the aid stations and chatted with the volunteers and just had fun. I should have probably pushed harder but since I was in 1st place by 7 minutes and had ran 16 miles already this week I just used it as a good tempo workout. It was a fun day and I just enjoyed myself.
Splits are incredibly inconsistent because of all of the hills but here they are: 7:40, 6:44, 7:05, 7:20, 7:01, 7:56 (hill), 7:25, 7:37(hill), 8:18 (huge hill straight up!! had to walk for a bit), 7:36 (took me forever to recover from the massive hill!), 7:36, 7:52 (seriously another hill!), 7:02, 6:42.
Course was long and at 13.1 my time was a little sub 1:38 which is a new unaided PR. Also my previous unaided PR was on a pancake flat course and this course was over 900 foot elevation gain. So overall I feel like it was a good workout but not a full effort. I had a good time with friends afterwards and ran a 3 mile cool down. Oh and I won a really cute running skirt so that was fun.
I feel like my fitness is improving and I am getting excited for the 5 week countdown to STG!!
PM: Ran the last leg of the Rivalry Relay with a friend. I think it was about 3 miles. Didn't wear a garmin so not exactly sure. It was HOT! | 