Numero Dos

Half marathon number two is complete.  Despite an injury, Keri bravely made the trip to Maine and we both completed the Portland course.  The course was spectacular with the leaves just beginning to change color, creating an incredibly picturesque scene.  The weather was considerably cooler (than our Chicago race)  and definitely more ideal for a 13.1 mile run.

We look pretty silly in these iPhone pictures, but I had to share something...
 

It was a unique milestone for me.  I realized just days before the race that the Maine half marathon was actually the very first half marathon I ever ran (11 years ago) when I first began running! Of course, the competitive side of me had to look up my time from when I was 27 to see how fast (or slow) I ran it then--just under 2 hours  with a time of 1:59.42. In Chicago, 13 years later, I ran a 2:00.58.  Pretty consistent for 13 years a part.  Well, as you can imagine, I really wanted to beat that 27 year old girl's time.

And I did! Running a time of 1:55.55.

Who said older isn't better?

I'm thinking my feet need a break from the running, so as my toenails recuperate, I'm looking for a new task to conquer on the exercise front.  Maybe something indoors?  Any ideas?