Garmin half marathon

Saturday was another race day. I have been training for the Garmin half marathon. I really wanted a new pr on this one! I decided to start with the 1:50 pace group. I stayed right with them for the first couple of miles and then was feeling pretty good so went out just a bit ahead of them...which is where i stayed (about a minute or two ahead of them) for the rest of the run. 

At 7 to 8 miles i was feeling good and thought about speeding up but was really nervous about pushing too hard and dying out at the end so i kept a pretty steady pace until the last two miles and then pushed a little faster to the finish line.

 My hubby and kids got up early and came out to support me. They were all over the course cheering me on! Thank you guys!

 John knew just how bad i would like to beat 1:50 so he was getting a little nervous for me when 1:48 came around at the finish line but then i popped around the corner shortly after that. Pheww!

 These pictures are all backwards in progression because this is my fist blog post since the new set up and it is opposite of how it used to be...

The finish line clock went crazy for all the photographers...it wouldn't let you take a picture...see, my time is 0!

My family was cheering for me here and i must have been real focused because i didn't even see them at this spot!

around 7-8 mile point

It was a very fun day! It's always a good day when you accomplish a goal! I took 7 minutes off my previous pr. Thank you God for keeping me feeling strong on race day! That was my prayer that morning.

Next up is some running over fire, climbing walls, crawling through mud...more fun times ahead!

Run for Mercy 5k

Saturday was the Run for Mercy 5/10k race put on by Oceans of Mercy to raise money for orphans in South Africa. 100 percent of our race registration went straight to the charity, thought that was cool!

Rain was looming but it held off till most of the runners finished. My family stayed tucked into bed this Saturday morning (who can blame em) so the below picture was my fill in race pic.

I felt pretty good besides the fact that i started pushing it a little early when i thought i just had to round the corner to the finish line but alas we had to round the parking lot...so my pushing it lasted a little longer than was real comfortable! :)

I was able to get a new personal best in the 5k with a time of 22 minutes...my high school 5k best is now seeming more within reach so i may have to train harder and try to get there...maybe by my 40th birthday :)

The medals for the race were handmade by a lady in South Africa. Very unique! I won 2nd in my age and 6th female.

There was a pancake feed included after the race which i skipped cause...wait for it...i think i am the only person alive that doesn't care for pancakes! So when they said "run fast so you can get to the pancakes"...that really wasn't very motivating. Now if they would have a big cheese omelet with some crispy bacon....now that would motivate me!

Fun times...next race is the half marathon that i have been training for that is in two weeks!

Here are my official stats from the day

37

Elisa

Seaba

592

Olathe

KS

F

37

F 30-39

2

6

22:03

22:00

7:06/M