Only Half Crazy: A 1/2 marathon mission

This furry guy ran the last leg with me. - H

I started running today. A slow run. Felt good to get back at it again. - H

6 miles today in about 7 degrees! We were both frozen from the waist down. Felt great, did it in 56 minutes. Not sure what tomorrow's run will look like--depends how much snow we get tonight! --K

And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep. Just signed up for my second half marathon! June of next year! It's starting again!

Can't believe I never posted this but finished my half in 2 hours 30 seconds. A little upset I didn't get under 2 hours, but what an amazing experience!!

Our beautiful view on today's long run--12 miles! Weather was pretty perfect, even a teensy bit hot but not complaining! There were some hills mixed in which made it challenging but in the end I was grateful for them. Going back down the hills I kind of just let gravity do the work. We ran it in 1:55...so I'm hoping to be able to do that pace for the half! Foot hurts now...laying down and icing it for a couple hours before we have to be anywhere! And totally housed an entire box of macaroni and cheese...definitely could still eat more. Nice and easy 2-3 miles tomorrow. Have a great Saturday! --K

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Tomorrow is H's wedding!! I can't wait. I feel like its been so far away and now suddenly it's here (and I'm sure she feels the same way). C and I did our long run today--9 miles--and we both felt pretty good! Finished in 1:26, which was good considering both of our knees were killing us! Good news is our lungs and breathing felt great, bad news is the knees. I am afraid it's old age sneaking up on me. I stretched it out, took some Advil and am now in bed. Waking up early tomorrow to get in 4 miles and finally taking a break Saturday! One of my best friend's wedding showers is Sunday so going to try to get in a couple miles before that. There's only 5 weeks until my half! Did 9 this week for our long run, will do 10 next week, 11 the next, 12 after that and the week before probably only 5 or 6. Only! Ha-I can remember barely being able to run for a minute without dying. Just have to keep truckin'! Congrats to H and P tomorrow! Yay! --K

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Our beautiful running view today! In the distance you can see the hill we started at...not as brutal as you may think. We did 4 today...pretty quickly in 37:17. We were cruising at the end! It was uncomfortably hot though and we were both pretty sweaty at the end. But overall I felt good...need to do some stretching before tomorrow's track workout. --K