Hey everyone! Since I had so many of you wonderful folks behind me as I blazed through my half marathon this morning, I wanted to take just a quick minute to give you a mini recap. I will definitely do a more detailed post when I get back from vacation. Until then, I was too excited not to share how well this race went!
May as well sneak in my #runforsteem entry before we head out since I do not plan on doing any more running until we get back. Looks like @jumowa is getting more and more runners joining in weekly, but there's always room for more. Check out the challenge post for rules to enter: https://steemit.com/runforsteem/@jumowa/weekly-run-for-steem-challenge-apr-26th-may-3rd-and-payout-for-last-week
The official race results are not up yet, which is not surprising considering the organizers had to stage a race down a mountain AND clean up after. I think my Garmin time should be pretty close to my chip time, though, so I am pretty sure I have the winners of my little contest to guess my final time. I will wait until next week when I get back to do the payout and confirm as I did say I was going to go by the official race results. As it stands now these are the awesome folks who got the closest:
So what was my time?
Wahoo--a new PR! Even if the official time is a few seconds off, it is over 4:30 minutes off my best previous attempt at the half marathon distance, and almost 10 minutes faster than the one in March! I even placed third in my age group for the first time ever at that distance. What a day!
I won't share too much now since I want to be able to spend a little more time on my full recap, but truly a huge thank you to everyone who joined in to guess my time or just give me some cheers along the way! Being a part of @runningproject and joining in on #runforsteem has been such a big boost to my motivation. I thought about all of you as I gritted my teeth and kept my feet moving this morning.
Now I'm off to rest my legs, try to make my feet look halfway presentable for sandals, and get ready to enjoy an unplugged week of well-earned vacation. Have a fantastic week everyone!
