I started this blog post the night before, I think I will answer the question tomorrow<\/p>\n
I set the alarm for 3:15 and went to bed about 10PM, woke up a little sluggish, but I did wake up before the 3:15 at about 3:01AM<\/p>\n
I just meandered around the house had some coffee and toast to get my mindset into the run.<\/p>\n
One of my teammates called early asking for a ride.<\/p>\n
Morning weight before run 257.0 doesn’t seem right.<\/p>\n
We left the house at about 6AM, there was some pretty significant traffic.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>To RnR2011 Start Line<\/p><\/div>\n
Last year I had some time to reflect before it was my coral’s turn.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Awaiting Our Turn RNR2011<\/p><\/div>\n
What a great run… my answer to above… the reason I did it was for the rush of emotion. \u00a0A half marathon is not easy, having people support you and to run with is great.<\/p>\n
I did post a better time then last year<\/p>\n
<\/a>Rock N Roll 2011 Results<\/p><\/div>\n
I recall having to weave around people and it certainly hurt my time.<\/p>\n
Another thing that hurt was losing my headphones at the beginning of the race… so no music. \u00a0It made this run that much more mentally challenging.<\/p>\n
Here is the gear I started out with<\/p>\n
<\/a>RnR2011 Packed Gear<\/p><\/div>\n
I think I would like to do this run again next year. \u00a0I would like to break the 2 hour mark. \u00a0Couple things have to happen, I have to train more and I have to lose weight, maybe bring it under 210lbs.<\/p>\n
Weight: 251.6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
So I had to reflect and understand why the heck I scheduled myself to run another 13.1 miles. Did I have something to prove? Maybe I am a little crazy Did I need to beat last year’s time? Maybe it … Continue reading