Last Saturday I ran my second half marathon - the Salt Lake Half Marathon. The race starts at the Legacy Bridge (University of Utah) then goes down to Sugar House park, it then goes through the heart of Sugar House, up to Liberty Park and over to State Street. Then it's the final stretch into Gateway! I was so happy to turn into Gateway and see Chad, my parents, and Alli!
My training this time was a lot different than the time before. With my first half, I felt like I was building up endurance for a lot of the time where as this one, I was working on my speed. I am a pretty slow runner, but my speed was better this time around (at least for training.) The last three weeks of my training I got Runners Knee. It didn't get bad until I did my 10 mile run. After that it pretty much hurt every time I tried to run. I wasn't really able to run two weeks prior to the race because I wanted my knee to be as healthy and strong as it could be.
Race day is such a fun experience. I had so much energy that morning and was just hoping my knee wouldn't hurt! Unfortunately, it hurt me from mile 1 to mile 5. After that I don't know what happened, I think I just got used to the pain. I also think I learned how to run on it, I found a consistent pace that I could run at without it hurting (if I went any faster or slower it would hurt, so weird!)
Race Stats:
132.3 Training Miles
13.1 Race Miles
2 Hours 21 Minutes
I am already looking forward to my next race (That is, once my knee heals!!)
My sister, Lindsay, also ran the Half Marathon. It was her first one and she did awesome!!!
9 comments:
Sarah,
You looked great and i am very proud of both you and Lindsay!! Maybe i can get inspired to do at least a 5 or 10k,
Way to go!! (now go clean your room :))
Love you, Dad
way to go!!! i think that is such a great accomplishment- i didn't know this was your SECOND one! WOW.
Way to go! I was so sad I couldn't run it this year. Lucy and I sat at the end of our street and cheered the runner on, which was fun. I'm proud of you, that really is such a great accomplishment.
I am so proud of you! You look so great and I really hope your knee starts feeling better.
that is crazy awesome sarah! way to show your knee what was up and kill that race anyway! ps. can i have your long legs?
Congratulations on the half Marathon!! You didn't see me, but I was right by the finish line cheering you on as you crossed! Great job!!
Thats so awesome Sarah! You have become quite the runner, I can't believe this is your second one!!! I'm sorry you had runners knee though! Thats terrible!
Way to go! Every year when the marathon is here, I think...maybe next year I'll do it. But then I remind myself I don't like to run. What an accomplishment!!
Congrats, Sarah! Don't you just love races?! I think training can be kind of boring and time consuming, but the race oh the races. It's what gets me out there hitting the pavement day after day. Good luck with the knee. You've probably had a billion people offer advice, but trail runs seem to be a bit easier on my knees. Just throwing that out there.
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