Great Westeran Trail (completed)

Today was the Great Western Trail 1/2 marathon. This was not only my first 1/2 marathon, but actually my first run-only race ..ever.. My goal was to finish in under 2 hours. So how did it go?

Awesome. I finished with a time of 1:40:19. That far exceeded not only my expectations, but even what I thought I had in me. 1:40:19 ends up being a 7min 39sec pace per mile. This morning, before the race, I was hoping for about an 8min 30 sec per mile.

1 hr, 40 minutes, and 19 seconds was good enough for:

• 20th in my age group (35-39) out of 66 runners
• 94th overall for male runners out of 327
• 109 overall out of 662 race participants

I am personally very pleased, and the post race cramps, stiffness, headaches.. well that just comes with the territory. As stated on my blog's welcome page and my sponsorship page, I'm not doing this for me. I am doing if for the children and families of a community in Ethiopia in called Quacha Birra. Today, I feel pretty good, that I helped to make a small difference.

Peace

p.s.
I'll post some race pictures in a day or so. Also, a big update on "Destination ??????", the paperwork has been sent, and the destination is known. More to come.