{Stacy} My second half marathon I took off to TX to visit sister and run in the Fort Worth Run Like a Cheetah half marathon. I trained slightly more than my first experience but didn’t follow any kind of plan and really just winged it. This half marathon really wasn’t too memorable because once I again I didn’t really feel accomplished at the end of it knowing I could have done better had I trained properly.
Starting to catch onto the theme here? I really didn’t know how to train properly and had a lot of rough learning experiences. During this race I decided to start using Clif shot blocks, which was a HUGE mistake because it left me with major GI issues after the race. Now I thoroughly understand the Golden Rule of NOTHING NEW ON RACE DAY! After the race I just felt like pure garbage. I was beyond sore (once again from not training properly) and had a major stomach ache so I couldn’t enjoy post-race activities, which consisted of tacos and margs with sister!
I finished the race in 1:48:24. I finished 4th in my age group and was pretty disappointed because I wanted to place. I didn’t deserve to place though and deep down I knew that I didn’t deserve it. However, this race started to give me some real motivation to become a better, more disciplined runner and run to my fullest potential that I knew I had within me.
