To all those out there that ran today, congratulations.  I ran my first half marathon this morning with an injured calf.  I tried massaging, stretching, and warming up before the race and had no luck in finding peace with the calf.  The cold weather and near constant breeze helped me run with the pain.

Based on one of my longest training runs, I was hoping to run the half in 2 hours and 15 minutes and that was being very optimistic.  I managed, through some miracle, to finish in 2 hours and 3 minutes (my personal record).  Had I not been injured I would have broken 2 hours, but I am extremely happy with the results.  I’ve been running all year with a few weeks off somewhere in the Spring and then challenging myself with a progressive series of races (5K, 10K, 15K, and half marathon).

I’ll be recovering this week and trying to get back to training soon since I have a 5K coming up in the first week of December and then the Disney Half Marathon in January.  I plan on beating my PR by 3 minutes for the Disney Half Marathon hoping I don’t have any injuries.

Today, I graduate to the 13.1 sticker.  

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