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2012-04-22 2:17 PM

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I decided to run the half and finished. My chip time was 1.58.58. Finish time 1.59.10.     I'm glad because I reached my goal of  2 Hours or less. The course was a bit difficult, hilly.      It was really a 2-hours of pure pain, stomach problem , no energy  and being out of breath a lot.  The 20 K i ran 4 weeks ago  was so  easy in comparison to this half.   But anyway It was worth it.

When I ran I was thinking about doing a half ironman  in 2 or 3 years. It was mine main motivation.  

Mile 11 and 12 were kind of uphill and I crushed there. I was very close to bonking, have no idea why. When I was about half mile away from the finish, someone  called my name. I have no idea who it was . The guy screamed at me in an angry tone,  finish  this race properly. For some reason it give me so much energy that I really sped  up and even sprinted the last 400 meters.



2012-04-22 4:34 PM
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Congratulations man!  I did that same thing near the end of my first, ran my butt off with everything I got left and passed like 10 people, hehehe! 
2012-04-22 6:17 PM
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Congrats!  Figured you had it in you. Good races do not always feel good (some of my PR's have felt great; others, I thought I was going to puke the whole time!). I'll bet you'll do even better in your next one if you go in physically and mentally more rested.
2012-04-22 6:19 PM
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Thanks guys. I will try to do better. But I'm really itching for racing in triathlons now.
2012-04-22 6:22 PM
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I usually do n0t let anyone to pass me during the last mile, but I was struggling until mile 12.5 . Then I took off and passed like 7 people.
2012-04-22 6:23 PM
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It's good to know that not all races are pure pain lol


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Congrats!!!  
2012-04-22 7:42 PM
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Congrats!!!
2012-04-22 8:25 PM
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Congrats!!
2012-04-23 8:38 AM
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Endure. Conquer.

Awesome job!

2012-04-24 1:22 PM
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What race was it? Do you have a race report? I checked your logs, but....


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Thanks to all of you.
2012-04-24 2:22 PM
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What race was it? Do you have a race report? I checked your logs, but...

It was UNITE Half Marathon  at Rutgers, New Brunswick, NJ. A race report? I 'm not sure what it is.

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