Steve popped up at my side around mile 8.5 and said he lost Phong (he’d been sick last week). I tried to focus on form and just run strong. I was dehydrated the day before from running 13.7 miles without water. I ran with them for 2 miles – lost Steve when he hit up the bathroom and figured it was better so I could run my own race. Steve was running with one of the Sole Runners “Fast Phong” who was going to keep the pace for them. Steve’s goal: 8:00 pace for the half marathon. My goal: 8:10 pace for the half marathon. Starting line – saw Coach Steve from the Sole Runners! My pre-race morning routine consists of: coffee / sunblock / water / bathroom / change / / put hair in braids / take picture of myself in mirror / freak out that I’m late / grab fuel to eat on the way / rush out door. The race started at 7:45am so I had plenty of time to get ready. I went into the Surf City half marathon looking to assess where I am right now with running. I’m not confident in my fitness or my mental strength to be able to run a hard race and push myself.

I mentioned last time that my mental game is really bad right now. But the race reminded me about a few super important habits and actions I was taking to get faster.

Looking back on my running and training when I was getting faster a few years ago I realized a few things… I’m going to talk about those next time. Surf City Half Marathon finish time 1:43: 33 – average pace 7:53 Surf City Half Marathon Results and Recap You don’t need to wait to start working toward a goal. I was a lot heavier when I ran that first full 26.2 miles. The Surf City Marathon was my first full marathon. Someone said they’d run around the block at 11:30pm on the last day if needed.Īnd I shared a transformation Tuesday post on Instagram that I wanted to share in case ya missed it. I asked if that would bother you and it seems like 90% of team RER say YES – it would bother them. Last week I mentioned that I just missed running 200 miles in December by 3/4 of a mile. Pre-race – I wore the race legacy tee as my throw away gear. Today’s I’m talking about the Surf City Half Marathon – results, who I ran with and how it might affect my mindset and mental game. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSS

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