DnR’s Road Trip – Part 2

Just a brief update on the “something I signed up for on a whim in my desire for something new and exciting” I mentioned in the last post.  When driving through Moab last week, I saw advertisements for the Canyonlands Half Marathon.  I’m not a runner, I haven’t been training in the slightest, but still decided it sounded like a good idea.  So last Sunday, I signed up!  My goals were pretty simple:

  1. Finish
  2. Not be last
  3. Challenge goal: not walk any of it

I ended up succeeding pretty easily on all three!  The first half absolutely flew by, and I found myself looking at my watch and setting some more time goals as I went along.   In the end, I finished in 2:14:01, finishing 2044 of 3189 total runners, and 188 of 305 in my category, females age 25-29.  I’m really happy with this performance, considering this was my first race of any kind, I’ve never run more than 6 miles before, and certainly haven’t been running at all recently.  

woohoo!
woohoo!

Within the first hour of finishing, I had to make 4 emergency dashes to the port-a-potties. And I truly mean EMERGENCY.  No one warned me of the digestive consequences of long distance running.  Now, 5 hours post-race, and another 3 urgent bathroom breaks later, I think things have settled down enough that I’m willing to try eating.  Wish me luck!