So mid-November was the Big Sur Half Marathon. This is the half marathon that started this running madness in the first place...it was the first race that I decided to train for a year ago. The 2009 Big Sur Half Marathon was my 2nd half marathon ever.
I went with our dwindling bootcamp/running group to Monterey. We rented out a fancy house in Carmel. I have to say that it was an amazing weekend. The weather was perfect, I got a chance to go to the beach and play around, the food was delicious, and I couldn't have asked for better company to spend it with.
The actual race was a little more grueling than I would have liked. I was aiming to PR which means that I would have to run it in under one hour 42 minutes. I started out way too fast, and I was not trained to keep up that pace, so I ended up dying at the end and finishing in 1:48. I'll still happily take that time!
As far as running goes, I think I'm going to back off a little bit before I start training seriously again for the Boston Marathon in April. I'm getting burnt out and running isn't as fun as it used to be. Although...I don't know if it was ever really FUN. I'm just a little bit of a masochist.
Life has been good! I am just enjoying this luxuriously long Thanksgiving weekend. I've been putting off a lot of errands so I'm getting those done bit by bit. I've also had a lot of much needed puppy bonding time these past few days. The bottom pictures are of me, Gottie and Jack hanging out in the sunshine.It's been pretty cold and rainy here recently so it was nice to sit out when it was halfway decent and the sun was shining.
Anyway I don't really have anything else to say...so enjoy the pictures!
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