My Quest to 50- Michelob Queens 13.1 March 21,2015

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MICHELOB QUEENS 13.1 HALF MARATHON

MARCH 21, 2015

This weekend I completed my 19th Half Marathon in Queens, NY. The race this weekend was the day after the first day of spring and the route was covered in slush and ice and snow was falling from the trees from the sun. I woke up to a chilly morning, it was low 30's wasn't looking forward to running this race and dealing with icy conditions. I met some my sole sisters from Latinas in Motion running group before the race, as we were waiting for the race to start after a 15 min delayed start I was thinking too myself this will be an easy run, didn't want to fall and slip on ice and injure myself. 

Once the race started it was a slow start at first but after about mile 4 I started to get into a rhythm and decided to go out and race it and try and set a personal record, why not. I always try and make a better time then my last race, see how far I have come and how far I can push myself. My official race time was 1:48:02, 10 seconds better then my last half marathon last October. I started running in 2009, and completed my first half marathon in 2010 with a finish time of 2:00:31, I'm happy to see I have progressed and gotten better and learn new things about my body and how much I can push it.

I have yet to decide which will be my next Half Marathon which will be #20 but in the meantime I am working toward my next goal in 3 weeks, I will be running my 3rd Marathon in North Carolina and this will be my 12th state toward my 50 state running goal.

Until next time, happy running!