It's official: Iron Horse Half Marathon

Not much has been said since the start of track (hence the 2 and a half month lay off). What is there to say? My training has NOT gone as planned, but it has happened. Weight is back up, but so is my mileage. In fact, over the past month, I've gone on 6 runs that lasted anywhere from an hour to 1:45. Over these two months, I've also ran 2 5ks, and my time reflected the paces I've been training at.

HOWEVER, despite going off schedule, today was a special day. Today, I reached a bench mark, as planned, running the Iron Horse Half Marathon in Simsbury. My time wasn't earth shattering, but I did it (While I didn't finish in 2:10 like I hoped, I finished in 2h 32m 11s, which when you look at it is slightly more than double the winner's 1:15:50, which is something. [complete results (plus check out the 10K times and see how close my mother-in-law was to getting an age group award, AGAIN...next year Mom] ).

It truly is something I'm proud to say I accomplished. And, best yet, I feel great just 8 hours after I finished. Honestly, it was a great experience, and a great course I haven't killed my inner fat kid, but damn, it felt good to get it done. It certainly was an experience, and just added to my motivation to complete the 26.2 this fall.



Here's the total route I ran.


Proof that I finished...

Next race info...
August 8, 2009 (Saturday)The 31st Brew RunBrewster, MA 4:00PM The Woodshed, Route 6a (Every 25th finisher gets a prize.)Contact: Tom Meagher (Brewster Rescue Squad), 80 Center Street, Brewster, MA, USA, 02631. 1-508-896-3235 rspitler@cox.net> Yahoo! Maps > Register Now

If you're on the Cape that weekend, join me for some running and post-race cold one's. I preferred it to the Falmouth Road Race (though now I think I want to do that again, too!), it was like a summer version of Manchester.


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