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Run Happy! Diva Half Marathon (Puerto Rico)

November 11, 2014 By Melanie

Getting back into the running game has been nothing less than a challenge. Honestly, I haven’t quite found the path of least resistance that normally propels me into my groove. I knew I had the Diva Half Marathon coming up, yet I had zero motivation to train. Running just hasn’t been the same for me lately.

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Even so, last Sunday pinned on my bib, laced up my shoes and headed out on a 13.1 journey through Puerto Rico.

It wasn’t pretty. Around mile 10, I thought I was going to die. The oppressive humidity and overwhelming heat definitely did not feel like Ohio. However, my lovely beast of a running partner, Bethany (from the amazing Etsy store Mahalo) kept me going to the finish line

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Despite the lack of training , we managed to keep our goal pace of a slow 15:00 minutes per mile and finished at 3hrs17min. It wasn’t pretty but we had a great time.

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I will be taking the winter off from running so that I can focus on some different types of strength building activities. However, I do plan to scheduling some spring and summer runs. Goodness knows I need the motivation.

Until then…

Run Happy!

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Comments

  1. Mandi says

    November 12, 2014 at 9:52 pm

    Great job completing it. It would have taken me much longer. LOL!
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  2. Keara B. says

    November 14, 2014 at 5:30 pm

    Congrats on finishing! I am not a runner at all, so I am always in awe of ladies like you. 🙂 Your strength inspires me to get off my bum and lose some more of this baby weight!

  3. shelly peterson says

    November 15, 2014 at 12:18 pm

    Awesome! Congrats on finishing, what a great accomplishment!

  4. Beth R says

    November 15, 2014 at 8:42 pm

    Congratulations! That is awesome! I would have never finished it that quickly

  5. katie m says

    April 29, 2015 at 10:07 am

    That is amazing, I need to get back into running.

  6. Laura F. says

    April 29, 2015 at 5:56 pm

    Awesome medal!!!! I’m sure that humidity there was a killer….

  7. Rachel says

    June 18, 2015 at 5:03 pm

    Hubby’s the runner in our family and I’m not sure he needs a tiara but running in Puerto Rico kindof sounds like fun! 😉

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