Half Marathon down, Ragnar to go

Last weekend was my first half marathon outside of Utah! The Desert Classic Half was last weekend in Surprise, about 30 min. west of where I live. It was a good deal price-wise and my running partner Lexi convinced me to sign up with her. I'm glad I did - it was a good motivation to push hard (although I'm teetering on the edge of injury in my knee and foot...yikes) and prepare for Ragnar which is coming up in a month. I'm glad I could run a race in non-pregnant form (compared to the last race where I was a a couple weeks pregnant - that wiped me out) and I loved the feeling of passing so many people the last half. Since high school I've known my best strategy is to start smart and finish with heart and so I ran relatively negative splits to finish 27th of 128 women and third in my age division! Who hoo!

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Oh and of course here's pokey ponytail girl