"It's a great thing when you realize you have the ability to surprise yourself."-American Beauty
GOAL: finish my first half marathon (13.1 miles)... not last, and do it in 3 hours.
It was an amazing feeling to complete the marathon in 2:02 hours! I came in 17th place in my age group!!!I didn't have to walk once, it was an adreniline rush the entire time. There's people cheering you on the whole time, traffic's stopped so at interesections cars are honking and waving, when you cross the finish line they put a medal around your neck, it was an awesome expereince. So awesome that i've made it my personal goal, to complete the Chicago marathon in October!! I'm going to have to train for it obviously, but i can't think of a better goal for my senior year of college!
17 933 Megan Sokol 20 KALAMAZOO MI 2:02:01 9:19 <-- (taken from the martian marathon website!)
I did look horribly out of place at the marathon though, i was only one of like ten to be wearing shorts, everyone there had on spandex pants and like canteens of gatoraide lining their waists. i was known as the "crazy girl from florida" from a group of older (some what creepy) professional runners. Expereinced runners look out for newbies, and they gave me tips for the run, and runs in the future. Now if you'll excuse me...i have a run to train for!!
It was an amazing feeling to complete the marathon in 2:02 hours! I came in 17th place in my age group!!!I didn't have to walk once, it was an adreniline rush the entire time. There's people cheering you on the whole time, traffic's stopped so at interesections cars are honking and waving, when you cross the finish line they put a medal around your neck, it was an awesome expereince. So awesome that i've made it my personal goal, to complete the Chicago marathon in October!! I'm going to have to train for it obviously, but i can't think of a better goal for my senior year of college!
17 933 Megan Sokol 20 KALAMAZOO MI 2:02:01 9:19 <-- (taken from the martian marathon website!)
I did look horribly out of place at the marathon though, i was only one of like ten to be wearing shorts, everyone there had on spandex pants and like canteens of gatoraide lining their waists. i was known as the "crazy girl from florida" from a group of older (some what creepy) professional runners. Expereinced runners look out for newbies, and they gave me tips for the run, and runs in the future. Now if you'll excuse me...i have a run to train for!!