Earth Day Half Marathon

Well I ran my second half marathon I was really excited to run I really had trained hard this year. I had a goal of 2:00 hours so I decided to run with a pace team thinking that I would finish in the 2 hours. Well that was my first mistake, the pace team leader was supposed to be running a 9:15 pace she was running closer to 8:30 pace which I was able to keep up with until about mile 7 and then I was dying my legs ached which has never happened to me during a run plenty of aching after I finish running. :-) So I kept running but the pace team was getting farther and farther ahead of me but I was still feeling good. Then around mile 10 their was what seemed like the 50th hill of the day and I just felt like I wasn't going to make it. I kept going I had to walk a little and then start running again I was feeling a little dizzy so I knew that I was most likely getting somewhat dehydrated so on the next water stop I drank three cups of water and kept going. The last 3 miles were pretty tough but I finally crossed the line with a time of 2:10 which wasn't what I was hoping for, but I did better than last year. I am grateful to Shad for moving through the various mile markers and cheering me on I wouldn't have made it without him. So crazy me signed up for a Marathon in June up in Duluth I am really excited but really nervous too, 26.2 miles is alot but my goal is to just finish it running or walking.