My Yearly Half-Marathon
Oct. 10th, 2010 02:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jamesqThe RV½M was this weekend. It's probably still going on as I write this. I left my hotel just as the first-place marathoners were crossing the finish line.
I am very pleased with my results. I ran the race in 2:17:07. For reference, my time last year was 2:35:39, making this an 18 minute improvement. I was beating myself up about that last year. This year? I'm seeing it as a victory. Perhaps not the unalloyed triumph a sub-two-hour run would be, but that's not going to happen unless I lose 50 pounds and train like I was going to get unlimited sex as a reward.
Still, I'm very happy. I set a goal that was not trivial (2:20), worked for it and really pushed myself to accomplish it. And then I surpassed it.
Special thanks to the lovely miss that I followed for about 10 km. It probably shaved two minutes off my time while simultaneously keeping me from thinking about the aches and fatigue.
And now I'm on the ferry to Vancouver, off to spend a few days relaxing and visiting friends. There probably won't be much hiking today or tomorrow. Getting a massage tomorrow might be a goal though. Hmm.
I am very pleased with my results. I ran the race in 2:17:07. For reference, my time last year was 2:35:39, making this an 18 minute improvement. I was beating myself up about that last year. This year? I'm seeing it as a victory. Perhaps not the unalloyed triumph a sub-two-hour run would be, but that's not going to happen unless I lose 50 pounds and train like I was going to get unlimited sex as a reward.
Still, I'm very happy. I set a goal that was not trivial (2:20), worked for it and really pushed myself to accomplish it. And then I surpassed it.
Special thanks to the lovely miss that I followed for about 10 km. It probably shaved two minutes off my time while simultaneously keeping me from thinking about the aches and fatigue.
And now I'm on the ferry to Vancouver, off to spend a few days relaxing and visiting friends. There probably won't be much hiking today or tomorrow. Getting a massage tomorrow might be a goal though. Hmm.
