The Dallas Half-Marathon

So on December 9th, I did the most incredible thing that I have ever accomplished in my young life. I ran the Dallas half-marathon. This has been on my bucket list for awhile but I never thought that I would accomplish this feat at the age that I am now. It took some persuasion from my Uncle to get me to come down there since it was during the time of my finals, but I think if I would've chosen not to go, I would've greatly regretted that decision. The time I got to spend with my Uncle and family and friends was awesome, but the race was the main reason for my visit. So on race day morning, I got up around 5 in the morning, took a nice shower, ate a good breakfast including a small bowl of cereal, a banana and a grapefruit, which was the nastiest thing ever. Then after that, I stretched for about a half an hour and talked with my uncle and friends who I was competing against. After that, we headed on down to downtown Dallas for the race, then for the last half hour I just listened to music to pump me up. The race overall was good for me. I kept a constant pace and was feeling really good until mile 9, there I had stomach cramps and wasn't feeling good so I had to walk for a little bit, but after that I was completely fine. My final time was around 1:50:00, which I wasn't happy about since I was aiming for a 1:40:00 or better, but I was told that that was an amazing time for someone who has only been training for 2 months. After the race, we celebrated with wine and margarita pizza. It was an amazing day overall, and I'm glad to say that this will now be a every year tradition for me and family and friends