on june 7th i ran my 3rd half marathon! it was the Thelma + Louise half marathon and my sister camilla ran it with me, it was so great! our trip was so much fun. vince and i went down thursday afternoon, and anna + pete got there later that evening, then camilla + chad joined us the next day.
i somehow am missing pictures from one of the greatest parts of the trip -- when we did a fun hike to a swimming hole... so that will have to have it's own post when those photos are located!
the race itself was awesome! my only complaint is i wish they had started it earlier in the morning so it wouldn't have been so freakin' hot! it started at 6:30am -- and if it had started even at 6am that would have made a huge difference! the first 4 or so miles were in shade but the rest of the time was out in the bright hot sun! got myself a good tan though :) around mile 6 or 7(?) they had a cool tribal type drum group performing for us, which was fun. it was a out and back course -- so we got to see/hear them twice! i finished in the time i wanted, maintained the pace i wanted -- so i feel really great about this race. it was also really important for me to do -- because the last time i ran a half, i ended up really disappointed after and frustrated with running in general (read about it here). not this time! i am still so in love with running and can't wait to run my next race!
here is a good summary of our trip: we swam a lot, ran a lot, went to Arches National Park and Canyonlands (where i got some major anxiety from the high cliffs and drop offs! yikes!), did some off-roading, and just generally had a killer time! can't wait to go back and do it all again!
i somehow am missing pictures from one of the greatest parts of the trip -- when we did a fun hike to a swimming hole... so that will have to have it's own post when those photos are located!
the race itself was awesome! my only complaint is i wish they had started it earlier in the morning so it wouldn't have been so freakin' hot! it started at 6:30am -- and if it had started even at 6am that would have made a huge difference! the first 4 or so miles were in shade but the rest of the time was out in the bright hot sun! got myself a good tan though :) around mile 6 or 7(?) they had a cool tribal type drum group performing for us, which was fun. it was a out and back course -- so we got to see/hear them twice! i finished in the time i wanted, maintained the pace i wanted -- so i feel really great about this race. it was also really important for me to do -- because the last time i ran a half, i ended up really disappointed after and frustrated with running in general (read about it here). not this time! i am still so in love with running and can't wait to run my next race!
here is a good summary of our trip: we swam a lot, ran a lot, went to Arches National Park and Canyonlands (where i got some major anxiety from the high cliffs and drop offs! yikes!), did some off-roading, and just generally had a killer time! can't wait to go back and do it all again!
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i'm so proud of you :) i wish i could run one of these with you. maybe if you could just carry me the last half?? cool. love.
Congratulations on accomplishing your goal AND for still loving running afterwards too ~ hooray!
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