The thing is, it's the day after, on Cinco De Mayo...and the weather is perfect. Should I have run the Diva's Half Marathon in SF (a more expensive race, and a bit farther), I might have done better. But, that's okay, I'm using this race as a training race for the Capitola Half Marathon. It starts at 7AM, and that area is beautiful. My friend Carla will be pacing me as well, and I will push and do what she says, because I've been working on a Sub 2 since 2010. I've been knocking at 2:00 for the past 3 years. I've finally got it down to 2:00:14, which was set at the Brazen Hellyer Half Marathon in 2012. Since 2010 I have at least hit 2:00 at least 1 or 2x a year.
Lately I've been working on my speed, but it's getting to the hotter months and I don't know about you, but heat is my kryptonite. It just sucks, and when it's a flat trail, which has nothing but nothing to look at, it just doesn't do it for me.
So we'll see how I do in a few weeks. Next weekend I'll be getting my monthly massage, and I'll do a few speed workouts during the week. At least I'm "tapering" again. hee! Half marathon tapering is nothing compared to Marathon tapering. I'm really enjoying tapering again, and I'm enjoying training again. I think I pushed myself way to hard for the Oakland Marathon. The training was good, it's the lack of rest days that I deprived myself of...which I knew better, but I'm stubborn. So for the Nike Women's Marathon (I usually get in *cross-fingers), I'm gonna be smarter about my training...and hopefully injury free.
Anyway, here's a few pictures from the race. That's the beauty about Brazen Racing, they give out free pictures! You just have to find yourself, it's not that bad really...you just have to remember who you were around. That's how I figure it out anyway.
Hope everyone is doing well, and if you're still reading...thank you, much appreciated.
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