my first half-marathon

Last week a colleague reminded me that the Queen's half-marathon would be this saturday. Well, Kristin and I have been doing all this training, so I figured why not. Of course, I've never really run 13.1 miles before, well I've never even really come close, maybe 8 miles, if we're rounding up. Anyway, I figured it was worth a shot. So this Friday night, I resisted the many temptations of bountiful libations, and after a big dinner with Kristin and our friend Mike, I made off in search of some sleep--not really sure what would happen today. This morning, at some ungodly hour, I headed out to queens for the big event. Well, I did it. And it wasn't really that bad at all. Somewhere around mile 6 I just fell into a good groove and the rest was gravy. I finished with a respectable 1:53 time. It was a beautiful day... 50 degrees, low humidity, and a nice breeze. What a day to go running!