Myrtle Beach Half Marathon
Wow, what a week leading up to this race.
On the Saturday before the race I woke up sick with GI issues. It
was so bad I could not do my last long run. I did get to feeling better and was
able to have a decent run Monday (3 miles easy with 6 x 100m). Monday night I
didn't sleep well and woke up with cold symptoms. I felt bad all day Tuesday.
My last quality run was nixed.
On Wednesday I was feeling a little better but snow storm Pax
rolled in, and again I was not running. I could have run on the treadmill, but
I had a feeling that if I ran I would feel worse and my confidence couldn’t
take much more. Thank goodness for Kristen’s pep talks.
I woke up Thursday to 6 or more inches of snow. TDOT and NCDOT
showed the roads were treacherous and traveling was not advised. I waited until
11:30 to start and with little trouble we arrived in Columbia, SC.
The remainder of the trip went off without a hitch and we were
able to check out the beach and the expo. At last some good fortune.
Saturday morning it was cold, windy and raining. Thank goodness it
stopped prior to the start of the race.
All things considered I had a very good first half. My Garmin time
was 1:44.10., nearly a minute under my goal.
