Saturday, January 19, 2013

Charleston Half Marathon

Do you have a bucket list? I haven’t written mine out, but I have a lot of items in my head that I consider on the list. One of them: Run a half marathon. Today, I crossed that item off!

Yesterday, I drove over the bridge to pickup my race packet:

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I love that they put our names on our numbers (plus we got tickets for free beer and shrimp and grits ;)):IMG_2969

Then…I got nervous. Wonderful surprises from friends and family (including a sweet note):

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and a container of Grill 225 Brussels sprouts to eat post race (thank you Cookie, Hardy & Josh!!) calmed my nerves.

Then it was time:

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I ran and ran and ran! I met a lot of awesome people throughout the race and finished strong (despite a tummy ache that started around mile 8):

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Final time? According to the website I chipped at 1 hour 51 minutes and 34 seconds!! An 8 minute 30 second pace!! SO excited I finished, SO glad its over ;). A BIG thank you to my Aunt Lori who picked me up.

I used this training plan, but only followed the long run portion (I have been teaching 5 or 6 days a week and couldn’t do the other runs). It worked great.

What is on your “bucket list”?

33 comments:

Rose (formerly of OALP) said...

Awesome time, Erica! Congratulations to you!

itzyskitchen said...

Thank you so much :) :)

Christina said...

congratulations my fellow charleston half marathoner! so proud of you!!!! we did it!!!

Heather said...

Wow!! What an amazing time - you did so GREAT (and WITH a tummy ache)! Congratulations!

purelytwins said...

congrats on the half marathon finish :) way to go girl!!! :)

On Anna's Plate said...

Woot!!! Go girl-- what an amazing time for your first half!!!

Averie Cooks said...

Congrats girl!!!! That is an amazing pace, too! WOW!!!! You are a rock star! And this run brings back memories from the past when we lived in Myrtle Beach! We were racing machines back then and the weather looks picture perfect and what an awesome day. You look fab!

julie said...

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thats a crazy amazing time too! wow so fun :) and i lvoe that you did so many of your training runs with kay too! so she kind of ran a half marathon ALMOST too! yayyy :) now its time to post race carb up! xoox next up a marathon? crossfit? hahah ;)

Lauren Podolsky said...

Yay! You did awesome my dear, and look fabulous for just running a 1/2. Such a rockstar! :)

itzyskitchen said...

SO proud of both of us!!!

itzyskitchen said...

Thank youuu!

itzyskitchen said...

Thanks girls!!

itzyskitchen said...

Thank you so much!

itzyskitchen said...

Thanks Averie!!

itzyskitchen said...

haha- next up lots of hot yoga ;)

Kindal @ Liftingrevolution said...

Congrats Erica! It was great meeting you.

Simply Life said...

congrats! what a great accomplishment!

Kalli Miglis said...

i am so proud of you! that is a fabulous time! my fastest is 1:52......and you look fab and healthy !

vanillasugarblog said...

A BIG congrats to you E.
So happy for you.
And you look insanely good. I'm jealous of your cute lil figure.

itzyskitchen said...

Thank you!!!

itzyskitchen said...

You're the sweetest!

Krista said...

Great job, Erica!!! :)

Lee said...

That is an awesome time! Congrats. And too funny that you got a box of brussels sprouts!

Laural @ Being Healthier said...

so awesome Erica!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!

Biz said...

Holy Shit Erica - that is an amazeball time - so speedy! Glad the tummy troubles didn't slow you down! Hugs!

itzyskitchen said...

Thank you!!

itzyskitchen said...

You're the best- thank you!

janetha said...

woop woop! congrats! you are a rockstar runner! <3

Bridget said...

So I finally downloaded Firefox so I could actually comment on blogs again...yay!!

For some reason I thought you've done a half before! You did AWESOME!! Thats such a great time! Congrats!!
I think my newest bucket list will be to compete at a local crossfit competition! More and more people at my gym have been doing it (of course since I've been pregnant), so there's so much I want to accomplish and RE-accomplish after the baby. Can't wait to get back into running as well.

Paige said...

You are SO speedy! I didn't realized you had never run a half. Congrats :)

Bianca Garcia said...

Congratulations!! Awesome finish time :) I do have a bucket list and running a half was also on it - I checked that off a couple of years ago so now I want to run a full!

Shannon G said...

Congrats!!! I was excited to see what you had been training for :) you should be so proud of yourself!

Faith said...

You are such an inspiration, girl!!!! A huge congrats, that is awesome!!