Conditions couldn't have been much better for a 13.1 mile run this morning. After lacing up my neon yellow Mizuno's and hitting the port-a-potties not once but twice (those crazy pre-race jitters), I found the area with runners anticipating approximately my same finish time. The gun went off, and in an hour and 39 minutes it was all over.
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| Neither Skylie or Kaitlyn seemed impressed and acted only mildly amused by the post-race goodies. |
I felt certain that my time this year would be a disappointment. (More than once this week I've thought that maybe I shouldn't even run the race--it'd be too embarrassing to finish last!) To my surprise, I dropped a couple minutes off last years' time. It's nothing to brag about, but I feel grateful just to have a body that's capable to do something I love.
Thanks Matt, Skylie, and Kaitlyn for coming out early to cheer me on. You rock.
Distance: 1/2 Marathon; 13.1 miles
Time: 1 hour 39 minutes 9 seconds
Mile Pace: 7:34 minutes/mile
| Overall: 1,267th of 20,000+ |
Overall Women: 143 of 9,000+
Overall Women Ages 24-29: 29th of 1,717+
Des Moines' 20K in 2010
5 comments:
Congrats!! 29th place in your division?! Are you serious! You are awesome Erin.
Erin, you go girl! I cannot run 1 mile in 7 minutes, much less 13.1! That is amazing! I am so proud of you. I would love to run that race someday.
Holy cow! Way to go Erin! Your minute time is AMAZING. And 29th place out of 9000+ people? Are you kidding me? That is awesome! Isn't the human body amazing? You rock!
YOU are amazing!!! Loved the family update too. :)
Holy moly girl, you are fast!!! Way to rock it!
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