Top of Utah Half Marathon
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009 | News
On Saturday, August 29th Brian and I competed in our first ever half marathon. It was awesome! Even after completely forgetting little details like picking up our race packet (Oops!), we had a wonderful time. The new custom seating system donated by Otto Bock Healthcare worked wonderfully for Brian. His only complaint was that his leg was leaning too hard against a bar on the race chair. We stopped for about one minute at mile 9 and fixed the problem with a little Velcro strap.
Our goal was to complete the race in 2:05:00 or better. We did better. Team Brenchley crossed the finish line in 1:44:14. Not bad at all! 21 minutes faster than our goal. At each mile marker I looked at my watch and try to figure out what was wrong with it. We were running 8 minute miles and less. That couldn’t be right. We don’t run that fast. But we did this time. Our average was 7:57 per mile. Our goal for the St. George Marathon is 3:42:00. After running a half in 1:44:14, I can see that this goal, though challenging still, is totally attainable. Cool. : )
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