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Half Marathon Results

by bhealthy on November 1, 2009

My polar said 1 hour 47 minutes but the clock time indicated 1 hour 50 minutes. Either way, I paced an 8:28 mile and I was extremely happy with that under the weather conditions- It was 53* , windy, and pouring rain for most of the race!

Here is the link to the results, http://www.cityofoaksmarathon.com/results/
My shoes were soaked at about mile 4! Ick! I reached the halfway mark at 43 minutes, which means I was pacing about 7 minutes a mile for the first 6.5 miles….Just before that, I had half of a Gu pack ( chocolate flavor) and finished the other half at mile 9. My mom strategically placed herself at mile 11 and boy, did I need her cheering face to keep me going!

My stuff all laid out for the morning…

I had a small ripe banana at 5:30 am and downed 1 packet of Vega Sport Optimzer at 6:30 ( half hour before the race start).

Immediately after the race, I just wanted to get dry and warm because the rain started pouring even harder. So we headed back to the house and I had this myoplex shake  and half an orange… with my finishers medal

After getting cleaned up and stretched out, we headed to brunch with my mom, brother, his girlfriend & her daughter at this fantastic Irish Pub , Tir na Nog. They have a wonderful St. Patrick’s Day party every year, now I know I can add a wonderful brunch to that as well!

There was beef chili, cheesy grits, shrimp & grits, potato cakes, breakfast potatoes, scrambled eggs, bacon, eggs benedict, sausage gravy & biscuits, sausage, pasta with smoked sausage, bread pudding, a salad station, roast beef, omlet station, waffle station, muffins and cakes!   It all was so delicious but I couldn’t manage to actual eat all the food I wanted! My body was still in “run” mode  I think.

Plate #1

A potato cake on top of bacon, sausage gravy, cheesy grits, a BBQ pork taco, and an egg benedict. I didn’t finish … I wish I had that kind of stomach! I had the grits, the egg and ham, a bite of the potato cake, and the bacon..

Fruit & another egg+ham, some bread pudding

A slice of chocolate cake…

I will try to get some race pictures up as soon as they post them!

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  • http://itzyskitchen.blogspot.com Erica

    WOW! That is completely amazing! You are one speedy chicky! Congrats!

  • http://veggiegirlvegan.blogspot.com VeggieGirl

    Congratulations!! And kudos on persevering through that weather :)

  • http://www.thebroccolihut.com BroccoliHut

    Wow, congrats on the race!!
    Loving those cheese grits!

  • http://www.logmyloss.com South Beach Steve

    Great job on this! I am envious.

  • SarahB

    I cannot believe you did that amazing in that kind of weather! You go girl, I’m so very proud of you!

  • http://www.therunningaddict.wordpress.com Moran

    Wow! That’s excellent!!
    I want to ask you whether your used a particular program – that is a very fast pace!!

  • http://joeandbetsy.com Betsy

    Wow wow wow… my first half is in 3 weeks and no matter what the weather (I’m preparing for the worst) I’ll be thinking of you and how you kicked this race’s ass. Awesome job!

  • http://www.exactasty.com/ amandoo

    362/2079?! That’s an awesome place, and 8:28 is sooo good. My (somewhat unrealistic) goal is to finish the 1/2 in under 2 hours. I either need to train more (and faster), or re-evaluate. Anyway, AWESOME job, Laural, you should be proud!!!

  • http://runeatsleep.wordpress.com Anne

    That’s an AWESOME pace! I’m trying to push myself just a little more to beat my 8:45 pace for the Seattle Half-Marathon, which has a BEAST of a hill around mile 10, so hopefully I can do it…!

  • http://runeatsleep.wordpress.com Anne

    Is Kombucha something that can be bought in a grocery store? This cold is a comin’….!

  • http://foodfitnessfreshair.wordpress.com FoodFitnessFreshair

    Congrats on the half marathon! I have yet to attempt to do one of these but am always inspired by those who do!

  • http://www.thinspiredblog.com Lara (Thinspired)

    CONGRATULATIONS!! You must be SUCH an amazing athlete to pull that kind of time over such a long endurance. I am very, very impressed!

    I hope this made you see how incredibly awesome you are, and how strong you can be.
    xox

  • http://www.eatingRD.com EatingRD

    congratulations, your pace is really awesome!! I would have been freezing wow, look at all that food!

  • http://damnthefreshman15.blogspot.com/ Mimi (Damn the Freshman 15)

    Badass! Haha, I can manage a few morning jogs around campus, but that’s about it.

    You seriously kicked it!

  • http://lelelurvesplants.blogspot.com Lele

    That chocolate cake looks so wonderful that I’m going “Maybe I should run… even though I hate it… so I’d have an excuse to eat some cake like that”. Way to rock the half, girl!

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