Matt and I successfully completed our first half marathon! The La Jolla Half is the hardest half marathon course in San Diego. It is a beautiful run along the water and through a national park. The toughest hill is a 450 ft climb starting at mile five! My childhood friend, Christina Kirby, runs several half marathons a year and encouraged me to try one with her. She hadn't run this one before, so we decided to do it together. After I started training, Matt decided to join in as my coach and encourager. The weather turned hot the day of the race, so we ran it in 90 degree weather. This was a huge challenge, because we had only run in the heat one other time. The hills were brutal and the water stops were few! Though I am proud to have completed this race, it was much more challenging than I had anticipated. Matt stuck with me and we completed it with a decent time. Christina beat us by about 10 minutes... you go girl! I would like to try a flatter course next time and hopefully see a vast improvement in my time! We took the pictures above just before the race... right after I locked Matt's keys in the truck! The pictures from the race and after are below.
The Summit at Torrey Pines... the BIG hill!
Crossing the finish line!
Our post race photo shoot... thrilled to be finished!
2 comments:
Wow!!! You are my new hero! I can't believe you ran a half marathon...in the heat...with hills!! WAY TO GO! Don't you have two little boys running around your house keeping you busy too? ;)
I am so impressed! How fun that you and Christina did it together.
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