Today I ran the "Fontana's 54Th Annual Worlds Fastest Course" half marathon. Now, I don't know if it's really the worlds fastest half marathon, but that's what they claim!
Anyways, this race was soooo much fun! The beginning wasn't that fun though....we were bussed up to the starting line....up in the mountains! It was FREEZING!!!! We got to the starting line at 5:30am, and the race didn't end up starting until 7:45am! We FROZE! Thank goodness we bought cheap long sleeve shirts to wear (and that we were able to just toss to the side of the route once we got hot) plus, I brought some trash bags to cover our legs with! It was amazing how STINKIN cold it was! We could even see our breathe! (And it's June...isn't it? Crazy!!!)
Finally the race started! The course through the mountains was sooo pretty! Once we entered into the city....well, it was Fontana....need I say anymore? I felt so strong during the race! I kept looking down at my GPS and it said we were going under 8min miles! I kept thinking, "Is this for reals!" Once I got to mile 12 I picked up my pace even faster, and then sprinted the last quarter mile! I came in at 1:41:22! My average pace was 7:47 and my fastest pace was 5:21! I finished 5th in my age group! I was so proud of myself, I was wanting to beat my old personal record of 1:47, and I am so happy I was able to!
Oh, I ran with my friend Denise! She did so great too! She came in just a couple minutes behind me!
Sprinting to the finishing line
Denise and I
Thank you so much Gregg and Hailee for coming to the race! I really appreciate it and LOVE you guys sooo much!
Anyways, this race was soooo much fun! The beginning wasn't that fun though....we were bussed up to the starting line....up in the mountains! It was FREEZING!!!! We got to the starting line at 5:30am, and the race didn't end up starting until 7:45am! We FROZE! Thank goodness we bought cheap long sleeve shirts to wear (and that we were able to just toss to the side of the route once we got hot) plus, I brought some trash bags to cover our legs with! It was amazing how STINKIN cold it was! We could even see our breathe! (And it's June...isn't it? Crazy!!!)
Finally the race started! The course through the mountains was sooo pretty! Once we entered into the city....well, it was Fontana....need I say anymore? I felt so strong during the race! I kept looking down at my GPS and it said we were going under 8min miles! I kept thinking, "Is this for reals!" Once I got to mile 12 I picked up my pace even faster, and then sprinted the last quarter mile! I came in at 1:41:22! My average pace was 7:47 and my fastest pace was 5:21! I finished 5th in my age group! I was so proud of myself, I was wanting to beat my old personal record of 1:47, and I am so happy I was able to!
Oh, I ran with my friend Denise! She did so great too! She came in just a couple minutes behind me!
Sprinting to the finishing line
Denise and I
Thank you so much Gregg and Hailee for coming to the race! I really appreciate it and LOVE you guys sooo much!
18 comments:
thats so great! One day I will do a half.
Awesome! You go girl!
Congrats, congrats, congrats, that is totally sweet and you did so stinkin good! Glad you beat your record. I am so jealous, I wanna run again. Glad you did so well!
Rock on with your bad self! Now, I'm not a runner so question: what do the trash bags over the legs do?
WOW! good job, that is fast!!!! i'm way impressed, i like the sprinting action picture, you were kicking butt!
You Rock Laurie!!!! That sprinting picture kills me! That is awesome! I swear your feet aren't even touching the ground! You are my inspiration! I run another half in August and I hope to beat my last time but I certainly know it wont be near 1 hour 41 min! Way to go Girl!!!
Great job!! I can't believe how fast you ran, that is very impressive!!! Glad you got to do it!
Studly! Good job girl, um.... 5:21 you are crazy! I am NEVER running with you... ha! Okay, on to Tennis season....
That's way good! I can't believe your fastest time was in the 5 minutes! that's awesome! and your average was under 8 minutes?! holy moly...
Good for you! You're awesome!
Wow - great job! That is a killer time and one seriously fast course! I am very impressed! You make me want to run FASTER!!!!
um... you are my freaking hero. swear! I tell people all the time about the girl who would run a gazillion miles a day. One time we all were getting off work so late from a crazy busy day and we were all SO tired and you were like, "ugh, I STILL have to go running!" oh. and and cause you taught me how to say no to junk food. I haven't eaten a hot wing from ANYWHERE since you told me it looked like a fried mouse. haha.
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