I spent last weekend in Victoria. Three blissful nights of uninterupted sleeep! No senile old dogs who want out every two hours all night long! That alone was enough for an epic weekend, but I was there to run another half marathon...the Victoria Goodlife Fitness Marathon!
So I was up ridiculously early on Sunday morning, hanging out with 5000 other people running the half! Over 10,000 people ran various events that day, from a one mile kids' race to a full marathon!
I trained all summer for this run and was hoping to finish a few minutes faster than my first half marathon in Mayo.
It went better than I'd hoped! I didn't cramp up, didn't feel like I was going to die at any point and I finished a whopping 16 minutes faster crossing the line in 2:23:07! Running in the middle of the pack in a bigger race is a lot of fun!
My first finisher's medal! I am ridiculously proud of that thing!
I'm going to run a few more halves next year. I'm registered for one in Calgary on June 1. Next October, I'm planning to run Victoria again, but as my first FULL MARATHON!
