Updates first, good stuff second!
Update #1 – Boston Registration
The very, very good news: registration is still open and I was able to register at 10AM today (yay!). The bad news: per the B.A.A., those who are the fastest among the pool of applicants in their age and gender will be accepted. Accepted athletes will be notified by September 28. Not only do I have more waiting ahead of me, I’m BQ-1:14 (1:14 under my BQ time). So all the runners who are BQ-4, BQ-3, and BQ-2 will get accepted before me, until slots run out. Clear as mud, right? I cannot take this waiting anymore. But I have to remain positive – I got to register today, which I didn’t think was possible one week ago.
Update #2 – CBS Philly Most Valuable Blogger Awards
I was robbed! I checked the website last Thursday and found out I didn’t win (thanks for the heads up, CBS Philly). A gluten-free blog won, which I find hysterical. We live in a city that lives off soft pretzels, cheesesteaks, and Tastykakes and a gluten-free blog wins! That’s random. But thank you to everyone who voted each and every day. I’d like to think I came in second place 😉
Update #3 – Giveaway
I will pick 3 winners tonight, so there’s still time to enter!
I had a race-tastic weekend! On Saturday we did a Family Fun Walk and managed maybe 1 mile in 19 minutes. Thanks to Hawk’s pooing, sniffing, and general lack of walking in a straight line.
Sunday was the Philly RnR Half Marathon (aka, Team RTLR Half).
The weather was absolutely perfect. I had originally planned to run this race for run but at the starting line I decided to see what pace my legs could do. What did I have to lose? If my legs got tired halfway through – oh well – I’ll just slow down during the second half. I wasn’t surprised when my legs settled into marathon pace (8:30). At mile 6, I got this incredible surge of energy and my pace dropped to 8:15s then 8:09s. At mile 9, I thought I may have a shot at PRing so I dropped my pace even more (again, if I crashed and burned it didn’t matter…so why not?). Splits for miles 10 through 13:
M10 – 7:57
M11 – 7:42
M12 – 7:36
M13 – 7:37
I crossed the finish line with a 1:48:33 – good enough for a 1-minute PR!! My legs were more sore post-half marathon than they were post-BQ. Ouch. I won’t be racing again anytime soon (meaning the next few weeks).
Ann, Sara, and Jen: you ladies did an amazing job! I’m very proud. Each of you looked so strong at the finish!
Have a great Monday! I have the day off and I’m going shopping!
hey kristy! i just registered too 🙂 fingers crossed for us both! i read that it wasn’t first-come, first-served but then the language in the registration email made it sound like they just needed to confirm the time and there would be a slot for me…?! ugh. waiting is horrible! and i’m sorry about the contest – was in your shoes recently and it’s not a good feeling! i think you should’ve won! great job on your PR though – not surprising at all given how well you’re doing lately! ok…countdown to the 28th begins!
I hate gluten free by choice people so much 🙂
Wow, that half marathon time is amazing! You are on a roll!
The suspense would kill me! I felt like I could go faster once I was done with the city-portion of the course too. You did get robbed on those blogger awards. Editor’s choice winner isn’t even a PA blog, the writer lives in NJ, where I work.
Did you PR yesterday???
Congrats on your unexpected PR! That’s really impressive!
Congrats on your PR!!
So fun lady. Congrats on the PR. That should leave you with a big smile 🙂 🙂 Wish I could have shared in the fun. Can’t wait to come down and cheer everyone on and run some for Philly marathon 🙂 I am keeping my fingers crossed for you for Boston.
You are SMOKING HOT this year! Congrats!
Did you see my BFF Adam and how awesome he did at it, qualifying for olympic standard?
OMG, I cannot believe I didn’t email you about this! I literally came face-to-face with your BFF while he was warming up! I was totally star-struck and didn’t say anything (I also didn’t want to interrupt his warm-up).
I hope we both get in! I also registered this morning…
Congrats on the PR! Sounds like a huge negative split! I am sure you could finish much faster were it not for being right after the marathon!
Wow. I didn’t realize getting into Boston was so difficult! I hope you make the cut. 🙂
Seriously… I can’t wait to start RACING again!
so glad you got all registered. keeping my fingers crossed that you get in! congrats again on that new half pr!
nice racing!! Glad you felt good so soon post-marathon!
And OMG, I would be going nuts if I were you. That’s a long time to wait! But, my fingers and toes are crossed that you’ll get in 🙂
Two PR’s in one week – THAT’S AMAZING!!! CONGRATS!!! I’m so impressed you could run a half the week after your marathon!
Fingers crossed for you!
It must feel SO good to know that all your hard work during your training cycle paid off BIG TIME! Two PRs in a week? In distance races? You are unstoppable. Your blog really proves that if you put in the work, you can increase your speed. I need to remember that. I’m thinking of you now during those torturous tempo runs! My dream is to someday break 1:50 in a half (my PR is 1:50:36). I’m so glad you had such great races – you earned it!