All done!

It's done! I finished in 4:52, not the 4:00/4:30 I had originally intended on. But given the past month of my half-assed training, I'm still definitely proud of myself. I wanted to give up and just run the half (this happened between mile 14-16) and just do the half. I'm so proud of myself for keeping on. It was both mentally and physically tough. My feet were hurting by mile 20 and all I could think about was going home! I definitely intend on doing another one because I know I'm capable of a faster finish than that. When before I started slacking off in my training I was able to run 18 miles in 3:05 and 12 miles in 1:50. Being consistent and sticking to your plan is definitely the key. 4:30 would have been an easy accomplishment if I stayed consistent all the way through. But with that being said, I'm not disappointed in my time at all. It's definitely hard for me to walk right now, but I think it's "reward" of sorts, for a good effort. So the moment you've been waiting for... the necklace (sorry in advance for the slightly blurry picture)



And for those of you intersted in this race, depsite the hills (there was a total of 1040ft of climbing) this was a great race! I'm glad I did this for my first marathon. There's nothing more empowering and motivating that running with 15,000 other women!