Monday Already?

Busy, busy weekend we had with house errands, soccer playoffs (1 win and then 1 loss to be knocked out), neighborhood Christmas party, and a baby shower. But in addition to all that, I managed to get a half marathon in at the RunGirl 13.1 women's only race. This was kind of a last minute deal having only signed up a couple weeks ago to support Erin and run with her. I've been running but not regularly enough to call it real "training" at least by my standards. Also my first women's only race, not sure it made much difference to me except I now have a pink medal in my collection.

The reason Texas running "season" is the winter was clearly in our favor this weekend. It finally cooled off with a front Saturday night and the race yesterday morning was a chilly 45-ish degrees which also means no humidity. This is good for runners since you get to wear enough clothes to stay warm but it is nearly impossible to overheat. So run we did and Erin, Sarah, and myself all PR'd (personal records for the non-athletes) thanks to our friend Mr. Frigid. We REALLY could have done without the wind though blowing 15+mph and making for the hardest finishing half mile ever straight into it. All the same, it was a good run and an unexpected finish for myself at an official 2:00:33 (1min 40sec off my old PR). 11th of 48 in my age group which makes me feel better even if it is only a small race. I do want to break the 2:00 mark, but I'll target a race in February for that. Apparently, I am closer than I thought already.

But in looking at the results I found we were all beaten by an 8-year old. sigh.