...................So, with the race being postponed for an hour, we made it there OK on time. At 8:55, a lady sung the National Anthem, and at 9:00am the gun (cannon) went off. I started out on a great pace. I knew I wasn't going to have a record time of any sorts. My running has almost been non-existent. The hills were not bad at all, but they still were hills of course. The roads were actually very nice. No slippery spots. The only thing you had to watch for were snow clumps (big) falling out from the trees. A couple of racers got hit in the head.
I actually executed a run walk strategy to be honest after a few miles. I ran the last 4 miles though. I didn't do too bad for not really training. .......next year. BUT, it was the greatest race I have had yet. It was a combination of the weather, snow, camaraderie, and a bunch of other things. Ok, my time was.............2:33, and I was actually last place in my age division, but those two things don't really mean any thing to me.
The Gettysburg Blue Gray Half kick-started my 24 week marathon proram for the spring Gettysburg North South Marathon April 29. So it wasn't an ending to a rigorous training plan, it was the start of one, and that is why I wasn't upset. It was a good run. Next year I will race it. By the way, the North won again, so all the runners on the North side got a cool coffee cup with logo on it.
I am working on a little something to post here involving some pitures. Hopefully I can get it together before the end of the year. My post race week of runs has been very good so far.
6 comments:
Woww.. that looks a fun race after all. How I wish we could also experience that snow here in the Phils. Snow run, that sounds really fun :) combo with a cannon gun-start, lol!
Congratulations Sir Kenley, that's not a bad race at all. Take care always and don't get frozen :)
Wow that's alot of snow already :(. Great job on a non-trained run :)
I will admit I don't miss the snow at all. Sounds like it all went pretty well, and that is not a bad time at all! What's important is you finished AND had a great time and now you are even more inspired to get on to the next challenge!
Love the positive attitude you had going in and especially coming out of the race. And it's really cool that you encountered so many different microclimates in one span.
congrats! a 2:33 is still an excellent half-time, even if you are indifferent about it. and now to roll into marathon training - you are certainly off to a good start!
as for the pictures, c'mon kenley - you have almost 2 full months. you can do that! :)
Your great attitude about this race inspires me as I have one coming up soon that I'm not ready for. Need to think of it as a beginning, that's what it is after all. Thank you for that perspective. Congrats!
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