It’s been a couple of weeks, but I thought I’d put up a quick recap of my second half-marathon. On October 15th, I ran in the Waddell and Reed Kansas City Marathon, and to be honest… it sucked. Hard.
I have barely trained the past few months, and it definitely felt like it. I finished the race in 3:22:44, which is a little over a 15min/mile pace. It’s not the slowest I have been in my life, but certainly not fast.
But to put things in a better light, here is another way of thinking of it. I ran 13.1 miles. Regardless of how fast or slow I was, I finished a really long race (if you are an ultrarunner, keep your trap shut), which is not something most people can say.
Be positive… that’s my goal, and if I can keep running and finishing races (regardless of how long it takes me), I think I’ll be OK.