On Sunday, I participated in the MO Cowbell Half Marathon in St. Charles. It was a cold morning, so I had to layer up before the race. I met up with a neighborhood friends, and also ran into one of my sister's friends from High School (I also was her son's teacher a few years ago). We started with a nice slow first mile to warm up, then picked up the pace just a bit. We all stayed together until about the 10K mark. Two of us stayed together until about the 15K mark. Then I felt ready to kick it up a bit, so as I was going into the second half of the race (also the section with all the hills), I was able to increase my pace with each mile. I ended up with a 2:11:11 finish time. This was my best half marathon time! (This is half marathon number 5 in one year's time). It average to a 10:01 pace. Now I look back at the miles where I could have taken off 5-15 seconds in the earlier miles, but I did what I set out to do. My goal was to run a negative split race to see if it was a better race, and it definitely got me a better time!
My sister also ran in the half marathon with another friend of ours. She finished strong with a time inbetween her first half and her fastest half (this was her 3rd half marathon in just 5 months).
My mom ran in the 5K and placed 3rd in her age group! She hadn't been able to run since July, due to a surgery, and she had only returned to running about 3 weeks ago. Dave also ended up run/walking the 5K, as he is still recovering from an injury and going through physical therapy. I'm hoping he can get back to running soon, so we will be prepared for our full in December!
Hard to believe we are just 7 weeks away from the marathon! I'm getting excited and nervous when I think about it, but most of the time I'm really just focused on that next long run.
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