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Half marathon #23 in the books! The Long Beach Half has always been my nemesis. From stomach issues my first year, to lack of training due to injury my second year, to insane heat my third year... this race has always gotten the best of me. For this reason, I went in to this race with no expectations other than to treat it like a long training run. I was able to settle in to a comfortable pace ✅ I was able to keep a consistent pace throughout (something I’m not very good at but am trying to get better at) ✅ At no point in time was heat, training, injury or my stomach an issue ✅. I was super excited with how I executed this race. It was a big win!!Oh and a BIG shout out to my sis for making my awesome shirt, 👏. Congrats to all of those who raced this weekend, can’t wait to see all the medals tomorrow for MedalMONDAY!! #shakarunner #findyourhappypace #findyourpodium #longbeachhalf #beachcitieschallenge #marathontraining #futurebostonmarathoner #ilovetorun #nolimitsrunning #womensrunningcommunity #mypineapplesareshowing #zensah #zensahfast #runinrabbit #hardcoeur #f2cnutrition #3athletewadj #timetotri https://www.instagram.com/p/BopqEgtldMf/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ftovvg0cc3ma

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Happy Race Weekend! Ready to rock and roll tomorrow. 13.1 miles are calling my name. #shakarunner #findyourhappypace #findyourpodium #longbeachhalf #13.1 #halfmarathon #marathontraining #futurebostonmarathoner https://www.instagram.com/p/Bom7C2Hlj9B/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=17lotrxchig2u

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Long Beach Half Marathon - October 7, 2012

The Long Beach Half was last Sunday. I did not get a PR. But I did keep a steady pace, which is the same pace I hope to keep for the 26.2 miles of the NYC Marathon. I also got a nice, big Beach Cities Challenge medal for running the Surf City, OC and Long Beach half marathons consecutively this year.

The Long Beach Marathon home page has a link to the race results that displays your race time in a pretty cool way. Hopefully the link works.

From this link, it shows that I finished the half in 2:26:47, which equates to about a 11:12 pace. Overall, about 48% of all the runners finished before me, but in terms of women, only about 37% finished before me. Not bad. I am not an elite runner, but its nice to see that I am right about in the middle of the pack. My husband ran the full marathon and finished with an 11:15 pace. That put him in at 4:54, which was a PR for him. I just want to break 5 hours for NY, so I hope that I can come in right at that pace.

I used this half as a training run for NY, and as we are about 3.5 weeks out for NY, I am really nervous that I haven't prepared enough. My longest runs have been 16 miles, although I am aiming for a 20 miler this Saturday. I just hope I can get through it. I ran 7.4 miles last night at a 10:45 pace, and felt pretty good. The weather has finally cooled down and I can actually head out for a run right after work.

The bad thing about running...I am hungry all the time. After the race on Sunday, we had burgers, fries, bloody marys and beer as a reward meal at Congregation Ale House. I also got iced coffee and boba from Ozero on the way home. About two hours later, we ordered an extra large pizza from Round Table for dinner. Last night after my run, I was famished, and luckily my husband prepared a nice dinner of chicken with kale and spinach and a side of a quinoa/cous-cous/grain blend. It was really good. But I was still hungry! We ended up going out to get frozen yogurt at Menchie's for a late night dessert. I have minimal self-discipline when it comes to eating after runs.