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Well I'm too exhausted to write a full report but it was a fantastic and emotional experience.  I had no expectations other than finishing, but because of the advice from the Pace Leaders Group at the Expo on Saturday at the Cleveland Rite Aid Half/Full Marathon, I decided to go with a pace group and the morning of the race I moved up a group and wore two wristbands............

I did run everything but the water stops..........and truth be told, my longest prior run was literally 6.2 miles in training...............but I do workout six days a week and obviously that helped, although not sure how...........


Here's my finish, details about the race and what an emotional high it was to come later.  AND I STILL HAVE NO SHIRT.  

Bib

FName

LName

City

State

Country

Div

Age

Sex

ChipTime

ClockTime

Overall

SexPl

DivPl

AgeGrade

Pace

Split10K

Half

Split30K

Teamname

7869

KERENSA

HUGHES

DAYTON

OH

USA

FEMALES 35 TO 39

37

F

02:27:25

02:34:18

3723

2054

362

94.2%

7th Annual
Christiana Care Health System
Delaware Marathon™ Running Festival

OK, my first half marathon wearing the PostOP-PR shirt is in the books.  It was a great day for a race.  The weather was perfect, the parking was perfect, the festivities were awesome.  My time was ok.  The course is nice but includes four hills that are back breakers.

The race starts at 6:15am for slow marathoners, followed by a 7:00am for the rest of the marathoners.  The relay runners start at 7:05am.  They only allow 2,000 participants total for all three events.  The half marathoners started at 7:20a. 

The first two and half miles follow the Christiana Rivers and loop around the shipyard.  It is a nice flat run, and I kept a fairly decent early pace.  The next two miles slopes upward toward the main part of the city and then a short downhill to the Brandywine River.  You then run around the Brandywine River and cross the swinging bridge and then head up a steep mile long hill toward the Art Museum.  The hill was the best part of my run, but then I had to figure out how to run flat.  In addition, I was surrounded by a lot of people doing the run-walk method, and they must see a sign on me saying -- Please stop right in front of me!  Three times people decided to brake  right in front of me.

At the seven mile mark we ran through a nicer old neighborhood in the city and then over to Little Italy.  My toes were really bugging me since they hadn't healed well from the last major event I did two weeks ago.  I plodded along for the next three miles, running as well as possible.  Getting lapped at this point by some of the elite marathoners (they run the same course twice) was extremely disheartening to the psych, but I continued.  At mile 11 I was back running along the river, my toes were very aggravating at this point but I knew I could finish and I also knew that my running partner would be waiting for me (she gets my free beer).  As I rounded the turn away from the river at the 12 mile mark, the last major hill was just daunting.  It was just putting one foot in front of the other, and plodding to the center of town.  The last half mile was downhlll and felt pretty good, but I was a little worried about getting a charlie horse before the finish line.  As I hit the train station with .2 miles I decided it was time to finish strong.  I was able to pass several half marathoners and several relay runners right before the finish line.

I had registered with a time of 2:40 to finish this race, and I finished in 240:11 so I shouldn't be too disappointed.   The good thing is I have no pain in the feet (other than the toes), or knees, or hips.  So I go my first PR (2:40) while running for team PostOp PR.  Not my fastest, but I'll take it

Rob

Glad you found us! Congrats on the coming surgery and we hope you feel welcome. Have an awesome day!

 hey Dan, have you contacted Spenco about being a sponsor?  You're their biggest spokesman...

I just want to introduce myself.  I just joined this group.  I am training for a 5K on July 10th, have really started working out to run the full distance.  This all new to me, and I would like to learn how to excerise and eat healthy over the next couple of months, and keep it going the rest of my life.
I had RNY on January 20, 2010, and have lost 74lbs so far.  I am getting stuck, and knew that I need to get my butt off the couch, and get moving!!  I started walking about a month ago. Then I got a gym membership on Saturday.  I know I am beginer but that is why I joined this forum to learn, and improve.  My long term goal is to do a tri-athalon by next summer.
Any advise would be great, and I thank you for all you help! :)