One Half Down!

And one to go.....

I made it. No walking at all, I made it through the Snake River Canyon Half Marathon in 1:55:30 (on my stopwatch). Add about 20 seconds since we started back from the start line a ways. So, my pace was about 8:50 and I'm pleased with that for my first race.

It was a beautiful day, probably crept up around the 50's at the finish. It was an out and back course and we took on a headwind on the way out which kept my pace a little over 9 min/mile for the first half. On the way back we made up some ground.

Somewhere around the 10th-11th mile I was wishing I could just be done but then the finish line was in sight which pushed me through to the end. I didn't have the kick that I would have like but... I finished.

It was a great experience that I look forward to doing again. And, a new record was set with a guy coming in at 1:08!!! Unreal!