Kansas City Half Marathon 2013

My first half marathon was The Waddell & Reed Kansas City Marathon, Half Marathon, Relay, and 5K in October 2011 with Team in Training. I did it again last year and improved my time by more than 40 minutes. This year, the course changed a little and I finished 5 minutes off my PR from last year. My GPS also had the course .41 miles long. I'm not going to think about how I could have PR'd if the course wasn't long.

This year it was 36 degrees to begin with. I was so cold and really I don't think I ever got fully warmed up! I also didn't have any family there this year, which was very disappointing. I didn't cry, even though I came close several times. It has been a rough year and having not even one family member there for me sums up how I've been feeling as of late... lonely and not very important. Most of my training runs are either alone or with my husky, Keeli. Most of the time, this doesn't bother me. Most of my running friends are way faster than me. I am getting off subject though.

I did meet up with some ladies from the local Moms Run This Town chapters. Two of my closer friends (a couple) was on a Relay team. I actually got to watch them finish! It was so nice to be there for them and support them. In a way, I feel like I have had a little influence in their running careers. I hung out with them for a little while and ended up running into an old co-worker. Then I headed to my mom's and got a mini massage and listened to the Mizzou game (yes they won)! After that it was time to head home. I was still cold, so I crawled under two blankets after eating my lunch/dinner (it was like 4pm). I fell asleep and woke up with parts of me hot and other parts of me cold. I had a hard time with my body temperature getting regulated. Finally around 8pm I was able to get fully warmed up and stay warm.

After I got warmed up, it finally hit me what I've accomplished. I just did my 6th half marathon for the year, my 9th half marathon ever! I did something lots of people can't or won't attempt. I did cry a little, but happy tears! I feel like this is a disorganized blog post, but I wanted to post about the KC event.

I also felt like I was wearing too much pink! I'm not much of a pink girl, I'm more of a purple kind of girl. I like my purple. So here's my picture from the KC event. It's the only one were I don't look miserable! This was taken down on the Plaza, which is just about half way through the race.

 

Up this coming weekend I have a 5k and I am doing a 50 mile team relay (Bison 50) from Topeka, KS to Lawrence, KS. Then I have my last scheduled half marathon the weekend after. We'll see if I can get in another half before the end of the year.