Location: Downtown (race route map) Distance: 13.1 miles Chip Time: 2:56:29 First Half: 1:23:24 (12:39 pace) Second Half: 1:34:05 (14:27 pace) (!!)
So, here’s my first race report in quite a while. I think my last one was back in April for the Astro’s Race for the Pennant 5K. While the weather at this Sunday’s Half was hundreds times better than the Pennant’s, I also finished this race not too happy with my results. *sigh* Plus today, Extra Strength Tylenol is my friend today. Prerace: Got to the race site just after 6am. There were already huge crowds hanging around the club tents, and lines forming at the portapotties. Ahh, the familiar pre-race scenes. At the chip pickup, I saw Keith, Edwin , Jon and Vic! There were a lot of reasons I was looking forward to this race (my first Half, getting back into running, etc) - but seeing fellow running bloggers was definitely on the top of the list. The pre-race energy was pretty exciting. We stood on the curb, and I started scanning the crowd….and at the other end of the street, up popped Holden’s head! I waved hello, then started looking for my sister. Eventually, I turned to my left and realized that we had been standing 6 inches apart, trying to find each other! Pretty funny. Anyways, after the National anthem and the gun, we were off. (more…)

Well, I’m back in the States, and trying really hard not to be depressed about it.  Seoul was wonderful.  I’m already scheming a return (more on that later).

I didn’t blog as much as I’d planned.  Two weeks is a short visit, so the days were crammed full.  Virtually all of our time was spent visiting family, and taking care of grandma.  She’s in the beginning stages of alzheimers, so she swung back and forth between complete lucidity to asking who we were.  She can’t walk on her own, although she tries to, so someone had to be with her at all times.  And now she has heart failure.  So, it was a wonderful and meaningful two weeks, but blogging wasn’t something I was in the mood for.  Plus, I never got a chance to hang out with Elaine (booo!).  Anyways, here’s a summary of the Korea visit….

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