My first half marathon

Running is my favorite work out, and lately my only work out 🙂

In December last year I started training for a 2:30 half marathon. My best yet is 2:45 running on roads or park trails with minimum elevation gain. Last Saturday I ran in my first HM race in Brasov, my hometown. It was a trail race with almost 1000 meters elevation gain, climbing Tampa mountain twice. It was beautiful, but so effing hard! I knew it was going to be hard, but I didn’t expect it to be so hard. I was hoping to finish the race in ~3:30, but I gave up trying when I was climbing the mountain the second time, on a very steep trail, and my total time was a bit over 4 hours. Stopping for pictures included 🙂

We climbed the mountain on a trail full of sharp and slippery stones, covered in thick mud

Only a few meters to the top

The old city seen from the top

A bit of downhill running, in my Jalie 2796 skort and Fehrtrade XYT top (I’m planning to blog about them next week)

More climbing

I wasn’t running for a while now

The race soundtrack, only 5 seconds, so you don’t get bored 🙂

 

The second climb was brutal, climbing steep stairs built in stone

And from this side you could see a part of the newer city, not as lovely as the old one 🙂

Mothers never rest – I was trying to catch my breath, but someone wanted to be held 🙂

To my surprise I was able to stand with 15 kilos wrapped around me 🙂

If you like sewing and racing, why not join Melissa’s Spring Race Challenge?