MY QUEST TO 50
8 Down 42 to Go!
ORLANDO, FLORIDA
Half Marathon 13.1 Miles
January 12, 2013
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| BEFORE THE RACE |
The weather was absolutely gorgeous in Orlando, Florida well not so much for running but for lounging at the pool it was great. The race started at 5:30 am, which I wasn’t too crazy about the time of the start being that I woke up at 3:00 am and only had 4hours of sleep. Most of the race was dark because it was so early; the sun was finally starting to come out around mile 10-11. I started off strong and finished at a decent time, not what I wanted but I had some technical issues with my GPS watch and I had to stop and fix it. Thinking about it now I should have just forgotten about the watch and kept on running but when it happened the first thing I thought about was let me fix it.
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| PRE RACE |
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| EPCOT |
I completed my race in 1:59:35, came in at 2469 out of 23,126 finishers which sounds good to me. I had a special person that came to see me finish and it was the greatest feeling post race. The sun was out and I was smiling. I iced up my knees as a precaution because I have had issues in the past but throughout the race I was fine.
When I headed back to hotel all I can think of is lounging by the pool and relaxing which was the best post race feeling.
I have 42 more states to go. I am planning Massachusetts and Virginia hopefully I will make it happen for 2013.
Until next time, Happy Running!
