Today I raced the Howey-in-the-Hills half marathon in central Florida. Wow, the elevation gain was unreal! 556 feet of climbing over some serious rollers. This was not your typical ‘flat Florida’ style event!
I put up a good fight and shaved off 1 min 48 sec compared to the very flat half I ran last month! Still not a PR, but getting closer to my goal race pace. Today was focused on a good pre-race routine, warm up drills, and form, form, form! I’d say it all paid off.
Last year I attempted a half marathon a month – but only successfully completed the distance about 6-8 times over the 12 months. Granted there were fewer races, however I fell off the wagon due to my own laziness and cannot blame anyone or anything else. The goal is simple – run 13.1 or more miles within 24 hours, meaning you can either race or just go for a run, or 2, as long as you get the total mileage in a 24 hour period of time. So far I’m 2/2 in 2022, so I’m planning to keep the streak alive and see where this training, and racing, takes me!
Determined to Tri AND Run 