What I am going to do now?

I have been wanting to run a half-marathon for years

My sister and I have talked about it many times

This year I decided to FINALLY do it and found a race for us

We did the Lincoln Family Downtown YMCA race

It was in South Mountain Park

We woke up bright and early and headed out

I read they start you off with a gun like when they first started the race

(this was the 43rd year)

and they mentioned it before we started to not be scared

next thing I know I am jumping out of my shoes because I was not paying attention

and I definitely was caught off guard!

There were a lot more runners in this race than I am use to and it took us a little while to get over the starting line

We had these handy trackers on our shoes to record our exact times

and we are off...

We ran through this area

It was a good path and had great scenery!

I didn't know the course at all and online it said it had little elevation change

The whole thing was a bunch of hills

I felt good though and could recover from them fast

The first part of the race was nice and shaded 

Then we turned around and headed back and the sun was out to get me

It was so hot!

I saw my time at mile 10 and knew I wasn't making my goal of 1:50

I am a little disappointed a ran slower than normal but I am just not use to the heat!

I also got a bad cramp I couldn't get rid of and realized towards the end I wasn't sweating

Bad sign!

I finally made it in at 2 hrs and 5 sec.

They announced my name as I ran across which was cool

The guy even said I was pretty in pink!

Kristen did awesome!

This was her first half-marathon and I think we are both glad it's over!

Here she is waving at her girls who came to watch her!

So happy to be done and have a little water in us!

I drank 2 bottles of water in record time!

I really do love running and enjoyed my run until it got really hot!

I wanted to do a half-marathon and I did 2 so I am pretty proud of myself even if I didn't make my goal!

Now I don't know what to do with all my time!

Sign up for another race?

I think I am going to take a break for awhile!