Run, Run, and Run Some More!







Me and the giant Hershey bar at the finish!

So, with a marathon just over the horizon I have spent most of the summer training including running four half marathons in the month of September alone.  For October I really wanted to wrap up my more intensive training on a fun note so signed up for the Hershey Half Marathon.  Run in Hershey, PA with a mile of the course winding through the theme park it was supposed to just be a low-key training run, complete with the "chocolate aid station" at mile 10.  I happened to meet my running buddy near the start right before the race and though he could barely complete 5 miles when we started running together in the spring, he (being male and of normal height and leg length) had long since surpassed my speed at this distance.  We decided to cap off the season by running this one together and my nice easy training run turned into a true race.  

My Reese's Peanut Butter
Cup Finisher's Medal

I finished in 2:05:04.7 which unfortunately rounds up and EXACTLY ties my personal best made earlier this season of 2 hours, 5 minutes and 5 seconds which was really disappointing considering how hard I ran the entire time and how uncomfortable this was.  Sitting here over 24 hours later with stiff, aching quads I am glad I pushed myself because I am now more confident than ever that I will be able to complete this marathon and make my sponsors proud!