Well, the day finally came! This weekend we ventured down to Lincoln, NE for the Good Life Halfsy. I didn’t have as much time to train as I would have liked, but that didn’t stop me from shaving 35 minutes off my last half marathon time for a new PR of 2:07:03!

There were about 10 of us from WARC who went down for the race, and I was planning to try and stick with a few of them so I could pace off of them. Unfortunately, I got separated from them right off the bat and wasn’t able to catch up with them until later. The first 5k of the race I took pretty easy because my legs did not want to loosen up to save my life. But shortly after that, I felt unstoppable and picked up the pace significantly. I had a few more lows and highs during the race, but overall it felt pretty darn good. I’m just really glad it’s over!

This entire weekend was fun-filled spending time with my parents and some great new friends. I hitched a ride with Paula, Patricia, Jen, and Ben on the way down and had a great time joking and talking about other races they might be interested in. Also, thank you to Ben and Jen for all the Christmas gift ideas! 😉

We are on our way back to Watertown now and I’m completely exhausted, but way too sore to get comfortable enough to sleep in the car 🙁 I am glad to have the race behind me, and even though the entire race I kept thinking “why do people think this is fun??” I might actually want to do more in the future 🙂

Thanks to everyone who made this trip unforgettable. Never did I think I’d say running was fun, but the lovely folks of WARC make it fun!!

Here’s a selection of the many photos taken over the weekend!:

Until the next adventure!

Megan Reiffenberger