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<\/a>14 miles in 2:57:07<\/p><\/div>\n
which beat my official Seattle Half Marathon time last November<\/a> of 2:58:57 and was farther too. \u00a0So I have\u00a0definitely\u00a0improved.<\/p>\n The first four plus I completed at 55:18, the second at 1:48:34, the third at 2:42:32 of course my final time was 2:57:07<\/p>\n I also run with the gear I anticipate to run during the actual half marathon. \u00a0My held up well, I did not feel pain in my shoes, iphone did not drain, my music list was long enough.<\/p>\n My Gear for RnR2012<\/p><\/div>\n It did rain on me and I had to take an early bathroom break, and there were of course cars and stop lights I had to respect, so my time could have been better.<\/p>\n Still it did what it supposed to do, instill confidence in me that I can finish this thing in a decent time.<\/p>\n I did do a victory walk around RTC, which added another 1.1 miles, and boy it was a slow walk, took me 1\/2 an hour, but I wanted to cool down. \u00a0So if you are keeping track I actually traveled 15.1 miles.<\/p>\n It is nearly an hour since I got home from this run, I am showered up and have started to rest. \u00a0Interestingly enough, the abdominal pain I was worried about did not really affect me, but I sure do feel it now when I am relaxed.<\/p>\n After Run Reward<\/p><\/div>\n Drinking coconut juice and cellmass as a reward and as recovery drinks.<\/p>\n I am really dehydrated, lost quite a bit of weight.<\/p>\n Before the run 265.4lbs<\/p>\n Afterwards<\/p>\n Weight: 258.8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today is where I rename my hell run to the confidence run. \u00a0It is supposed to a hard run which is why I call it a hell run, and it is at the end of a week with a lot … Continue reading <\/a><\/a>