This morning I ran the Nike + Women's Half Marathon. This is the first of many half marathons for 2012! It is a very cold day today. I bundled up and was out the door just after 6AM.
(A very tired face, I didn't sleep much at all last night!)
It was dark so I used my reflective vest. A half mile in I met up with my Mom. She paced me the whole way. We headed over to a neighborhood and ran some easy loops around. At five miles we left there and I was feeling good. We ran that in under an hour which was a pretty good pace for me. Facing into the wind was hard. It was REALLY cold!
We headed to the University track hoping to pick up the pace some and do a couple of miles, but with no protection from the wind I didn't last long there. We only did a mile. The cold affected my water bottle too. Even though I was constantly shaking it it was frozen! We ran around campus a bit and then did another loop around town and finished up at my house. 13.1 miles! It's a great feeling! To do it with my Mom was special...my first half...here's hoping I'm able to complete at least 11 more this year!
I came home and turned on the news just in time to see the weather forecast
...yup, that's why I was so cold...feels like 7 in the wind is pretty darn COLD! A hot drink was a necessesity!
Official time: 2 hours 41 minutes.
Not fast for many, but that is a 12 minute mile pace and for me for a long run...that's pretty good! And look what I have to look forward to getting in the mail...
11 friendly remarks:
That is so awesome that your mom runs iwth you! Good job on your 1st half of 2012!
Awesome Jennifer! And you will complete 11 more...I just know it :)
Great recap and the bracelet is so cool!
Awesome job, Jennifer! I love that your mom was pacing you--how fun to share a love for running! Rest up and celebrate. :)
Congrats on the marathon! How cool to have your Mom to help pace you1
great job on your half and woo hoo that was darn cold!! you did great!
What a great effort in difficult weather! Best of luck with your running goal this year!
Fun post! We have the same coffee mug, it's my favorite! You look so bundled up, brrrr!!!!
Congrats on your 1/2!! And its so great that your mom could join you!!
that's so great! Good job! BRRRRR that's some cold weather to run in!
Yay for you and definitely awesome that you did it with your mom. I am so proud of you and inspired too. Hmmm, maybe I should just run the one next month rather than volunteer. I thought maybe I should take more time to train, but honestly, I worry I'll get unmotivated and lose my mojo. :)
Great job! I love it that you ran with your mom :) Congrats on finishing your first half!
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