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Berry Half Marathon Recap

March 19, 2025 /

Well, after a few months of training, my friends and I ran our half marathon a couple weeks ago. I thought I was ready to possibly beat my best time for a half from a couple years ago. We had run long distance for the past 6 weeks, some faster 4 miles run during the week and I felt in shape and ready.

I knew this was a different course with rolling hills, hills, gravel, but I thought that the cooler temperatures and having the right fuel would keep me going. However, as usual, by mile 9, I was ready to be done. Fueling wise, I definitely think that the honey stingers packs helped, and I only drank at every other water station so I was hydrated but not too much. We ran out first few miles at a faster pace which was great for giving us some leeway for a few slower miles.

However, at mile 9, I started slowing down and my friends pulled ahead. Then at mile 11, I either tripped or my leg gave out (I really don’t see what I would have tripped on, but I was having a little pain in my calf) and I ended up sprawled on the ground. My right hand got most of the scrapes, it wasn’t bad, but enough that my finger bled for a while. One lady helped me up, but after that, I was much slower and started walking and running instead of running 100%.

So, yes, my time was still decent at 2:14:49, but it was slower by 4 minutes than last year, and 6 minutes slower than the year before. I am proud for running the race and finishing, but yes, I am disappointed. I think I will try this race again this year (it was really cool to have about 15 members of our running club running it), and probably would make sure to train with more hills and actually do some 13 mile runs. I think our longest run was 11 miles in training.

I am thankful for my running buddies and I am very proud of them for being so fast! Maybe next year I can keep up! I will be volunteering at our local half marathon in May, after running that one two years, I have decided the May heat is not fun! The temperature on this Berry half marathon was pretty pleasant at 50 to 60 degrees.

Glad I ran this race and maybe I can improve on this time next year: at least if I only have to beat this time, my work is cut out for me: if I don’t fall, I should be a couple minutes faster, right?

A bientôt!

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