Rocky Mountain Pain

RACE DAY
2:27:46 – 13.1 Miles

Hilly. Wet. Hard. Pain. Wow.

As a couple thousand of us gathered around under trees to avoid as much of the rain until the start, I sensed this would be a different race. With one half marathon under my belt, I started wondering how close today’s Rocky Mountain Half Marathon would be to that one. There were some differences.

For one, there were 4 hills in the first 3 miles. After hill I kept saying that there must be a downhill coming soon. Not so much.

Second, it was raining, which I generally love to run in, but toss in some wind and it is no good.

Third, around mile 9 there was a shooting pain in my left knee. I did what I always do and ran through it. Seemed fine until I slowed to a stop to grab a gel and Gatorade. Then the pain would not stop.

The good stuff: knocked 22 minutes off my last half marathon.

 
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  • Allez

    Congratulations on gittin' it done, Alex! Hope your knee feels better very soon. 22 minutes is a huge improvement. Looking to do another 1/2 soon? :) Have been checking your blog all day to find your update, that was prompt blogging!

  • 720x

    Would have blogged sooner, but went to the sidewalk chalk festival down at Larimer Square. Really wasn't a great idea as I was limping the whole time :) Knee is doing much better after a couple hours of icing and about a 1,000 calories.

    Have been debating the Slacker Half, but the next one I am registered for is the Denver Marathon … yes, the full 26.2 miles!

    • Allez

      Slacker 1/2? I want to do that one. Really? Wow, so this was training for that one. Do you feel like it after today?