Half Marathon...

I ran the Baton Rouge Beach Half Marathon this last weekend. I hadn't done a big race for 6 years and thought it would be fun to see if I could still do it. My sister happened to be in town that weekend so it was fun to have her and my family cheering me on at the finish line. My realistic goal was 2 hours and 10 minutes (about a 10 minute mile). My dream goal was 2 hours flat. I ran it in 2 hours 3 minutes and 15 seconds (about a 9 minute 25 second mile). Dang it. Now I have to run another one since I was so close to what I thought was an unrealistic goal. Anyway here are the highlights from my race...

Miles 1 - 3 I feel like I'm running in a herd of cows because there are so many people
Mile 4 I look at my running app on my iPhone and realize I'm running way faster than usual
Mile 5 I passed a man who was running in a full sized trash bag. Really weird. I made sure I passed him up real fast.
Mile 7 Accidentally swallowed my gum and started hyperventilating
Miles 9-13 Wanted to die!
Finish Line Seeing the Family
Post Race They had free beer and jambalaya for the runners. Does anyone else think that's weird?

It was a lot of fun and I can't wait to do another one so I can beat my 2 hour goal! This time I might try to do some speed training.