Yesterday was a huge mile marker in my life, literally. I ran and completed my first ever half marathon.
And you know what? It wasn’t that bad.
Want to learn more about the day of a half marathoner? Read along for my adventures…
We kicked off our day by waking up at 5:30AM and getting ourselves all ready to hit the pavement.
I was lucky enough to have two great running partners!
And before we knew it, it was nearly 7AM and we were lining up before the starting line.
Ready, set… we’re off! (I may have ditched the long sleeves after the first mile…)
We had such a gorgeous day for the race, I couldn’t help but snap a few photos along the way.
Okay, so only within the first two miles. After that, it was strictly business.
And 13.1 miles and two hours later, we were done!
By the time we ended up finding my dad among the huge crowd, he had treats waiting for us.
Beer at 9AM has never tasted quite so good.
I don’t even think we look too worse for wear either.
I’m truly proud of myself for training to achieve this.
In case you missed it, one of my goals for 2014 was to complete a half marathon.
And I did it!
It’s a wonderful thing setting difficult goals for yourself. I put a lot of time and effort into training to accomplish this goal and I feel great for taking on such a challenge.
As an added bonus, I’m so happy that my dad and my fiancé were ready to take on the challenge with me too.
Have you ever set a difficult goal for yourself and accomplished it?
Any other half marathon/full marathon runners out there? How was your experience?
I think after it all, I’d definitely do it again!
xx Kelly
Congratulations! That is a huge achievement! x
Thank you! xox
Congrats! I did a ten km recently which was a huge goal for me 🙂 I really want to do a half next! X
Congrats on the 10k lady! You’re right on your way to half marathon status 🙂 xox
Congrats! I hope to do a half marathon this year too 😀 reading your post gives me motivations x
Good luck! Let me know if you need any tips or motivation along the way! xox
Well done youuu! :] xx
Thanks lovely! xox
Nice job! Looks like you had a great time. About 1.5 years ago, my husband and I decided to run a marathon. We ran a few halfs along the way, and since then too. The half-marathons are always fun. Congratulations and hopefully this wasn’t your last. 🙂
Wow. A full marathon is beyond impressive. Congrats to you and your husband on all your races! When I got to the point where it branched into the full… I couldn’t have imagined going much further. But I’d definitely keep it up with the half marathons, it was hard work but a great time. xoxo
Congratulations!! You deserve to be proud of yourself! How awesome. It definitely was beautiful too and looks like you had fun:)) That is something I want to do so bad someday.
Thank you! It was such a gorgeous day. Let me know if you end up signing up for the half and are ever in need of motivation and encouragement along the way! xox
So awesome! One of my goals for this year is to do a half marathon as well. What kind of training plan did you follow? I feel like I’m having such a hard time mapping out the time with work!
It’s completely doable! I did a lot of my training very early in the morning though (think 5AM). Shoot me over an email at kelly.flateleven@gmail.com and I’ll send you over my training schedule. I may end up doing another post about it too! xoxo
yayyyyy congratulationsssss!!! so happy for you!!! you look amazing, and you did amazing, and i’m so glad that you had a great experience. 🙂
Thanks girlie!! I am SO happy I did it. I still feel beyond accomplished, it was a really fun day. 🙂 xoxo