Half Marathon second in my age group

well this race was difficult. i felt unprepared and as if i couldn't get the rhythm of the race. like the marathon i was concerned that i had gone out too fast. looking at the stats it might be true. the only good news is that is was difficult for everyone. the techno girls were all out in their bright colors ready to smash PR's but the heat took us all. as i was racing i had to bansih thoughts of hating racing and disliking running immensely. the interesting part is that the garmin has the total distance as 13.22 so who knows i either ran the course to the outside which i never do or they miscalculated. anyway i am interested to see if the official time is under two hours. it was great to get second place in my age division. being slightly competative i was a bit perturbed that i didn't place first. Kathryn and Jenny both placed second in their age groups too. It was great to see Cherise and Carin again. based on my lap breakdown you can see that the heat was my undoing. 1) 8:36 2) 8:56 3) 8:49 4) 8:54 5) 8:55 6) 8:43 7) 8:40 8) 9:18 9) 9:23 10) 9:45 11) 9:45 12) 9:21 13) 9:17 and change 1:52.

Next week is the irongirl 10k at clearwater beach. maybe theophani and i will run together or at least start together. to0 bad my family wasn't there again. they would have enjoyed the pancakes and the festivities. difficult runs help me to get through difficult times. not everything can be controlled. one day its heat the other cold. i did have unusual cramping min my abs which felt like a baseball. that was a first. nothing quite like searing pain. oh and did mention they ran out of water??? it's all good i got to see some people i knew and finished ahead of many of them. also it benefited Alzheimer's so that is good to. i got a finisher photo hopefully i'll have it soon.