Tag: Omaha Half Marathon

Me, Today.

My legs are a little tight today, but not too bad. I am sore though! 

You really do have to forget the pain of the last race before you’re willing to do another. Seeing as the Omaha Half was just yesterday, I’m not ready to forget that pain yet. Sometimes I think, maybe I should do another Full Marathon. Then I think, LOLZ, NOPE, and I’m happy with halfs and shorter races. So is my knee.

Photos are out from the Omaha Half Marathon. I like these these best out of the ones they caught of me. At least they always caught me running! There was A LOT of walking! 🙂

First picture is in the Stadium, I was so close to the end I could taste it. 2nd picture is crossing the finish line and the 3rd is with my new friend Kevin.

We befriended each other on the course around mile 10. We had been passing each other the entire race and then at mile 10 I came up beside him and we started chatting. His wife is super fit. This was his 2nd half. He’s from Omaha but moved to KC then moved back to Omaha. He works at a local college in the Dean’s office. ( What? I’m a journalist! I ask good questions! I’m really good at getting to know people.) We stayed together until 12.5 miles in, then he couldn’t do it, and told me to go ahead. It was nice to have a buddy for some of the race.

Omaha Half Marathon Thoughts

  • They wanted to charge $5 to park at this lot near the stadium. I’m sorry, but we’ve already paid to run this and you want MORE money? LOL Nope. Man friend lives right nearby so I parked at his apartment complex. For free.
  • They had orange slices and bananas at every single aid station! That’s fantastic.
  • It smelled funny. Like a combo of natural gas and garbage that had been sitting in the sun all day. Grosssss….
  • They rerouted it so that it was more flat (Omaha is surprisingly hilly in the downtown area, its right by the Missouri river) and that was cool.
  • The race said it would finish at the TD Ameritrade ballpark. I thought that meant inside the park. Nope. That meant we would go into the ballpark, run a lap around the inside and come back out and finish at the start line. I just wanted to be done, not run around a ballpark. Seriously? Poor planning, IMHO.
  • The food was not right by the finish line, it was over somewhere else. I did not feel like going to get it. Instead I left and drove home. I was spent.
  • The route went on a bridge over the interstate. There was a dead racoon in full rigor right on the side of the course. Gross.
  • I saw a lot of women running in running skirts. While I’m not as fanatical about them as TrivialBob, I’m not a fan. But I will say, if you’re going to wear one, please make sure it (and the shorts underneath) cover your butt. I really DID NOT need to see the bottom of so many other women’s butts. But thanks though!

All in all, the race was fun. I’m super sore and don’t think I will be running another half on a whim like that for awhile! Training is good!!

“I don’t suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it”

You all convinced me. I signed up to run the Omaha Half Marathon last night. I might very well be insane to do this. The race is Sunday.

I haven’t run further than 7 miles since about a month(ish) ago. I’m going into this not worrying about a PR. I’m going to have fun and run my 4th Half of the year.

It’s fine. I’m fine.

Right?

Periodically, doing things like this on a whim gets me in trouble. Fingers crossed this isn’t one of them!

Lindsay, Holli and I are doing it. I will run what I can and walk what I need to. It’s only 13.1 miles. No biggie.

I hope so!