Well done! It feels great to have done that doesn't it? My first ever race was several decades ago when I was several decades younger. And in better shape. 20k. As I recall, I finished in about 2:40. But all I cared about was that I finished.
stan On May 3, 2010, at 3:43 AM, David Mann wrote: > I ran my first half-marathon event last Saturday. The race was run on a > mildly hilly course around the back of the resort town of Hanmer Springs, > which is famous for its hot pools. > > It was a real day to remember. I felt good on the run and I really enjoyed > it. I train on the hills at home so I was really in my element here. The > scenery was very nice but I didn't carry a camera on the run. Maybe next > time I'll shoulder a tripod-mounted Pentax 6x7 and see how that affects my > time. > > I finished in just under 1 hour 54 minutes, placing 68th out of 143 in my > grade. I was wanting to finish under two hours so I'm happy. Even more so > to be in the top half. > > Now my legs have another 4-1/2 days to recover for another half-marathon this > Saturday. We'll be overnighting in Hanmer Springs on the way home from that > one so I might go for a wander and see if I can take a couple of photos from > the course. > > I wrote a race report with some more details and a couple of photos if > anyone's interested. > > <http://www.multisport.net.nz/multisport-news/race-news/840-2010-05-02-hanmer-half-marathon.html> > > Cheers, > Dave > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
