SLC: THE FULL REPORT

30 SECONDS UNTIL GUN... DID I MENTION IT WAS FREEZING?


Jessie and I at the start.... FREEZING OUR BUTTS OFF! LET US RUN ALREADY!

The day started early and cold, 3:45am actually but I was excited and ready to get running. After riding Trax up to the Olympic Bridge with Dave we had about an hour wait until our race began. The bike tour and durational marathoners started at 6am along with the wheel chair and hand bikers. We sat and talked to these funny ladies who planned on walking the race.... etc.

Is this boring you yet? haha

NO ONE CARES KARI! Just tell us how it went!

Well.... I DID IT!

I achieved the goal of running in under 90 minutes with a finishing time of 1:29:01 to be exact. 59 seconds shy. That was a close one. I felt great the whole time and even ran my final mile in 5:32! That made up for the lagging, uphill mile 12. That was NOT fun.



Me running to the finish... only 20 yds to go


I took 5th in my age division (557 girls in that division)
I was the 11th girl to finish (2544 women ran)
And 77th overall...out of 4125 runners!!!

Those numbers have to be worth smiling over right?

So the bad news?

I missed 3rd place and prize money by only 13 seconds! Darn that girl in the blue shorts who I just couldn't catch in time.

I loved the course, the weather, and even stood next to and ran by the Kenyon who won the the marathon in an insane time of 2hrs. 15 min! What a great race to log as my personal best 1/2 marathon.


Though next year I WILL BE winning that money!!!

And props to Jessie who ran an OUTSTANDING race finishing WAY faster than her goal time. Thanks for sharing SLC and lunch with me. Can't wait to start logging the miles with you!