Be Care Full!

This past weekend, I had the opportunity to run in my first marathon race.  I didn’t run a full marathon or even a half marathon but I did run about half of a half of a marathon.  I ran 6.2 miles otherwise known as a 10K.  It’s still pretty long to me.

The race was originally encouraged by my day job at Fellowship Technologies.  There were several of my co-workers in the race and I ran with a couple of them.

I had a blast!

I’ve been training all summer in the oppressive heat and quite honestly had not completed 6.2 miles in any practice run.  I was a bit nervous that I would not finish well or at all for that matter.  I was completely wrong about that! I actually finished and finished well.

I ran at my co-workers pace and because she had been in races before she knew what she was doing.  Her pace was steady and very tolerable.  I personally would have raced much faster had I gone at it alone.  In fact, at the pace I’ve been training in I would have finished 2nd or 3rd in my age group.  Instead I finished 6th…not too shabby!

I think I’ll run another one in the near future but I think I’ll run a half of a marathon – 13.1 miles.  I might even someday grow up and run a full marathon at 26.2 miles.  Then I can put one of those little stickers on my car that simply says 26.2.

Thanks to my friend and co-workers Mark and Chris for inspiring me to start running and for calling me a runner. Not a “Jogger”  not a “Rogger” (runner+ jogger) but a “Runner”.

Run on brother!

BHolt