OBX Half Marathon - Finished.
Praise the Lord, both literally and figuratively. My goal was to finish the race and to do it within a 2 hour time span. I finished it in 2 hours, 19 minutes which was pretty decent for a scrub like me. I placed 1102 overall out of 2300 runners which was fine with me. To put things in perspective the number one finisher in the half marathon finished in 1 hour 6 minutes (thanks for the correction CB). How about insane?? Anyway, I won’t let that unrealism for myself damper my sense of accomplishment :) Thanks to Chris, Kelly Mae and Emily for going with me. Thanks for the support guy and gals. Here’s a clip of me finishing:
The first place finisher’s time for the 1/2 marathon was 1 hour 6 minutes. I checked it out when I did the math on 36 minutes divided by 13 miles. That would be flying!
What is impressive is that the 1st place finisher for the full marathon was 2 hours 27 minutes.
You did great man. You should be very proud to have trained and competed all by yourself. I know I was proud to see you coming around the track.