Surftown Half Marathon and Mini Vacation Report
On Sunday, September 13, I ran the Surftown Half Marathon in Westerly, RI. It was the second half I've run. When I first mentioned it to My Musician I wasn't sure he'd be keen on traveling for a half marathon, at least not 5 hours away. But I had barely said the words "It's by the ocean" and he was telling me to register. We decided to splurge a little and get a hotel right on the beach and to take a couple days to enjoy it and have a mini vacation. Right from the moment I registered, this has been a goal race for me. I wanted to run it in under 2 hours. I was sure I could till two weeks before the race. I really struggled for almost 2 weeks with physically and mentally rough runs. My pace was way slower than I wanted it to be, my legs felt sluggish and heavy, the temperatures were higher then they'd been all summer and my mind, oh my mind wouldn't stop torturing me with all the negatives it could conjure up. I wasn't even sure I was ...