Hypothermic Half Marathon Recap

Last Sunday I ran in my 4th official half marathon, the hypothermic half. I registered  for this race back in late fall because I was determined to run all winter and keep up my long distances so I wouldn't loose any of my conditioning for the spring. I thought by registering for a half I wouldn't have no choice but run long runs all winter. Well it worked, I logged more miles this winter then I did all summer :)

The night before I had everything ready and laid out and my bag all packed

I got to bed semi early and had my alarm set for 5:30 am. Jennifer, Kim got to my house to pick me up around 6:45.Then we headed over to pick up Heather and head to eastern passage for 8:30 start time.

I kept telling myself this is a training run not a race I need to PR on just to use as experience and to have another half under my belt :)

 

I felt good the first few Km I looked at my Garmin at 5 km I was at 28 min (easy pace) then again at 8K (44min) 10k (58min) I thought ok I am running at a normal easy pace for me. I stopped glancing at my watch and just ran. Around 15km I saw a guy I recognized when  I got closer to him and saw the back of his shirt, it had a picture of a man with the words MY INSPERATION. then it came to me he was the son of the man who shared a room with my dad at the hospital last month (they both were fighting lung cancer) the Doctors told the man he was stage 4 lung cancer and was terminal. When I saw his son wearing the shirt it hit close to home for me, tears started falling down my cheeks.

The second half of the race was rolling hills that seemed to go on and go.

I looked at my watch again around 18km and I thought WOW! I could actually PR today. I didn't plan to but the runner in me had to push now that I was so close.  I gave it my all the last few Km and turned the corner and the clock said 1:59. my Garmin read 2:00

Previous PR was 2:03

When I crossed the finish line Heather and Steve were there to cheer me in :)

Heather and I waited to cheer in Jenn and Kim ( Kim was running her first ever Half)

 

Afterwards we all headed over to Smittys for a well deserved Breakfast of champs

It was a great day and a great run :)

 

Here are a few more pics from the race that day

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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