3rd in my age group for the half! Boy, this route was AWFUL! Round and round and round back over the same course over and over - all highway - no spectators - nasty hills. UGH!!!!!
You were seriously just ahead of me in the half! I probably watched you pass by me multiple times!!!!! Your pace was 8:05, mine was 8:08. Too funny!!! My legs were still seriously hurting from Boston Marathon 3 weeks earlier. Those hills SUCKED!!!!!!!!! I had no idea you were 39! You look like a little young thing. I'm 40! Great - next year you'll be in my age group.
Renae! I don't guess I realized you were running the Mother's Day Half! I ran it too! Or did you run the 5K? The half course SUCKED - it was truly awful and boring and I hated every step. I heard the 5K was super easy so it was fun. GOOD LUCK WITH THE CASCADES 10K. I've run that one a couple of times. I think my next race will be Rock the House 8K at Fairfax Govt Center June 7th.
Congrats on your first Marathon. Great time. Great picture. I am doing my first on Sunday. I don't expect to look that good at the finish. Especially since I don't look that good at the start.
Keep staying positive, Renae! Are you able to run inside at all? I've been running exclusively on the treadmill for the last month...building those base miles until I can get back outside.