Helvetia Half Marathon
Hmmm, the auto fill-in says I’ve written about this before 
Today was the annual Helvetia Half Marathon. The weather was quite a bit different than last year. Last year it started in the 60s with overcast skies and slight sprinkles … and then dropped down into the 50s before by the end. Today was almost cloudless (trust me, that sunburn I’m currently sporting on the neck is testimony to this .. Ouch! Ooch! Youch!!!). Temps were in the low 50s to begin with at the race and finished up into the lower 60s by 11:30. Outside of above mentioned sunburn, a really great day for competing. Only headwinds we hand were on the last mile, but I should have guessed that would happen! LOL.
As though of you who know me know … I didn’t train as much as I should, but I still managed my Golden Rule … which is "Thou Shalt NOT take more than Three Hours to do a 1/2". 2:50:27 was my time. About 9 minutes off last year’s time but not too shabby all things considered. I’ll need to find out the details, but I think I did the last 1/2 faster than the 1st. Once again, no blisters (Ya!) and no "honeybucket" visits (Ya!!) helped with times. I can’t say enough about the on-route facilities. About every 1 1/2 miles there were water, glukos (sp?) and toilets. You never ran out of anything nor were the lines 20 long with frantically hopping up and down folks waiting for their turn. 
The Helvetia Half is one of the nicest 1/2 marathons I’ve seen. The down side to finishing is the fact that you’re in a football stadium and have to climb up the bleachers to get out. LOL. The lady who gave me my medal took one look at me and told me where the beer stand was (Bless you, My Child!!!). After grabbing my T-shirt I did INDEED head over to the beer section, watched people finishing the race, and listened to a band play off to the side.
On to the next one!!
June 16, 2008 at 10:02 pm
Sounds like you had fun! Way to go! Finished with a beer and good music eh? Nothin wrong with that!
August 31, 2008 at 5:46 am
That’s an awesome time for walking a 1/2!!!
I ran a 1/2 a few years back and was around 1:54, so walking 2:50 is pretty quick!!! I’m sure you’ve passed many runners down the stretch, which must be very satisfying. And as for the beer….as I recall I could barely drink water afterwards, you are a beast!