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Beci and I completed the Fargo half-marathon on Saturday this week, and actually both of us smoked it! Beci finished in 2:08:15 – which is less than a 10 min/mile pace! I finished in 2:32:45- which is an 11:36 min/mile pace- but considering that I only started running in February, and the most I’ve run since then is 5 miles- I feel pretty good about it! For those of you who don’t know- a half marathon is 13.1 miles, and it was pretty miserable the entire way, but also lots of fun.

One thing about Fargo marathons- it was cold! It was 33 degrees when we got to the race, and it couldn’t have gotten much higher than 45 the entire morning. Luckily I made it in before the rain started- but the poor marathoners got a dose of some cold water from the sky. I never got warm the entire race, even though I was moving (I did the first 7 miles in 70 minutes!) but I spilt a lot of water on myself since I took the water at pace, and that probably didn’t help much.

I can’t speak for Beci- but I think racing in that kind of environment is a lot of fun. There was a ton going on- Elvis impersonators, bands, lots of cheering crowds. It made it more fun than just boring running. The course wasn’t great since it was a loop- I actaully was passed by the first two marathoners that placed (they ran the marathon in about 2:20), but it was still a good environment to run in. I had a great time!

So now, I am just soaked in Ben Gay and waiting to recover!