You are running from where to where?

Kindra and I decided early on in the springtime that we were going to train for a 1/2 marathon in July or August. Kindra wanted to run one before she turned 30. We found a race that went from Point Loma to Balboa Park in SD and thought it was perfect. We got in shape in April and May and then started our running training in June and July. Kindra stuck to the plan amazingly and I battled through some injuries early on. Kindra continued to impress herself with how fast she got with each run and I started to feel like a distance runner again. We both were in excellent shape heading into the race. On race day morning we had to take a bus from the finish line to the start line and we were on the very first bus. There was over 8,000 people racing in this half marathon and to be two of the first thirty-five was a pretty funny feeling. We sat on a curb at Cabrillo National Monument for over an hour in the pitch dark. It was a crazy experience. The first two miles were spent weaving between the thousands of people that started in front of us. I started out perfectly as I went through the first half of the race in 42:25 and thought I had a chance at my ultimate goal time of breaking 1:30. I completely bonked and didn't have enough training (a combo of my early injuries and trying not to run too much so my injuries could heal and starting out too fast!). I finished at 1:49 and change and was thrilled to be done but hungry to race again. Kindra simply wanted to finish but truly had the goal of breaking 2:45 and if she had a fantastic day breaking 2:30. She went 2:17 and change and I think surprised herself on what a great accomplishment she had done. She must have had a great coach :) All the training had paid off for both of us because we reached our goals of finishing a 1/2 marathon and got into great shape doing it!