Huntsville Half Marathon

Huntsville Half Marathon - 10 November 2012

After 10 months of getting myself back into running shape I will run the Huntsville Half Marathon (13.1 miles) this Saturday.  At the beginning of this year I was out of shape, overweight, and had borderline high blood pressure.  I knew I needed to make a change.  I always liked running and I knew I would enjoy the challenge.  I set my sights on my culminating event for this year, a half marathon.  I started out with slow and short runs just to get used to running again.  Now ten months later, 20 pounds lighter and 423 miles of training I will run my first half marathon.

This half marathon is just the beginning of a set of goals for the next 5-6 years.  Next year will be a full marathon (possibly 3) and then in the next two years maybe ultra marathoning, century ride, and/or 70.3 triathlon.  I don't know where this drive is coming from but I have enjoyed every bit of this journey and look forward to accomplishing much, much more.  I have already set a PR for my PT test two mile run (12:50) and 5K (22:46) this year.  Hopefully next year I can do even better.

I will post more after my half marathon.  The good thing is no matter the time I will PR :)

Happy Running,

Justin