Week 6 - Success!

I successfully completed my first half marathon this past Sunday! I finished it in 2:09:59 - right around what I expected to do. Whoever said that if you can just do 10 miles beforehand then you're good to go (only like every training website I looked at) failed to mention the pain that accompanies miles 10-13.1! But all in all, I am happy with simply completing my first race.
So this means my first goal is completed - I finished a half marathon! But now the daunting task of my second goal, finishing it under 2 hours, looms ahead of me. 10 minutes sounds like a piece of cake in the whole scheme of 2 hours... but then I put it into perspective that it's essentially shaving off 45 seconds from each mile. I am having trouble fathoming doing that for 3 miles nonetheless 13! So perhaps this goal is out of reach, but it is still something to strive for, and something I will do my best to achieve.


Here are my race details:

Half Marathon
Runner Details Race Results
Bib: 2492
Name: Julie Dragicevich
Gender: F
Age: 23
Hometown: Westlake Village, CA
Overall: 1087 out of 2979
Women: 386 out of 1636
F 20-24: 42 out of 102
Age/Grade: 50.65% Place: 1146
Finish: 2:09:59 Pace: 9:55
Tag Time: 2:09:59
Gun Time: 2:12:29
Split Times
10 Km: 1:00:06 Pace: 9:41