So this past weekend was race weekend. After six months of prep for a half-marathon I was pretty excited to finally get to race day itself. We lucked out on the weather, instead of the 90-100 degrees I was worried about the temperature was only in the 70's. The course this year was a lot more consistently hilly, with no real flat stretches of any length. On the other hand there also weren't any really big or steep hills either. I finished with a time of 2:26:20, which is about 44 minutes faster than my time last year.
The GPS data for the race can be found here: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/185368916
The rest of race weekend was a lot of fun as well. I didn't have a real computer on the trip so I wasn't able to post daily. I decided to do one big post for the weekend. Wednesday I crashed at my sister's before leaving the next morning. Unfortunately on Wednesday I also ate a bit too much and didn't exercise. Thursday we flew down to DC, and then hung out by the hotel pool before eventually going out to dinner. Friday morning we had a team run (only 1.7 miles), and then went into the city for a few hours of museums and monuments. That night we had the Team Challenge pasta party and bed. Saturday was the race, followed by a cook-out, wine-tasting then a dinner concert at a vineyard. Sunday we had brunch, then flew home.
The only real defining factor of the weekend was eating a little too much. No single meal was all that bad, but I had more "full" meals than I normally would in the same situation. Kept active the whole weekend obviously, but wouldn't be surprised to net very little in the way of weight.
Points for each day:
Wednesday: 400 points (too much food, without much exercise)
Thursday: 1350 points (balancing the day before, light on food with a little bit of exercise)
Friday: 650 points (too much food, decent amount of exercise)
Saturday: 1500 points (too much food, but a ton of exercise)
Sunday: 400 points (minimal exercise, with high calorie foods)
Weekend's Results:
Points Earned: 4300
Total Points Earned: 61317
Points to go: 138683
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