Looking Back, Looking Forward

I am loving reading these old posts.

Do you want to know how this story ends? It hasn’t ended yet, actually.
I finished my first season with Pearland Area Road Runners with my first half marathon, the Houston Aramco Half in January 2016. I clocked in at just over 3 hours, 22 minutes (the goal being just to finish.)

Season 2 involved two HM races in poor conditions: the Houston Half in Oct 2016, also known as “one of the most miserable races ever” with heat in the low 80s, and the Aramco Half in 2017 with highs in the mid 70s and 65 percent humidity. Personal records were set despite dealing with injuries throughout the season. I got my best time down to 3:04. This year had a lot of work things that were going on that were kind of unusual as well, with a major performance for my choir and my husband starting a new job.

Season 3 started off strong with training and the early work I did last year paid off big with finally breaking the 3 hr mark in January 2018 at a very, very cold Aramco Half. 2:55:36 is my new PR time.

I think we’re all caught up. This year I’m one of the leaders of my pace group, and I haven’t set a goal for this year. Going to keep running and see what happens 😀


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