The Rowe Family Blog

Congratulations to Greg, Donna, John and Aisling!!!  They all finished the ING Miami Half Marathon this morning!  Greg and Donna found new PRs on this course!  We’re so proud of all of you!

Greg 1:33:48

Donna 1:55:06

John 1:58:43

Aisling 2:19:41

Greg is in Miami for the Miami Half Marathon this weekend.  His parents graciously offered to watch Cassie this morning so I could get in a training run.

I set out at 9:00 and felt pretty good.  Cassie had, luckily, slept through the night last night after a terrible night on Friday night so I was pretty well rested.  My legs didn’t feel great throughout the run, but they were okay.  I had a few twinges, but I’m used to those so I don’t think it affected my run at all.  I did what I am now calling the “Rowe eighth times 2″ which is half of the Rowe quarter out and then return on the same route.  The way out was pretty good.  I went pretty slow as to not wipe myself out in the first half.  I should’ve pushed myself harder on the way out though because the way back was really tough.  We had some pretty substantial wind on the way back and it was in my face!  It was really tough.  I ended up powerwalking for a bit of the way back since I was unable to run much faster than that with the wind anyway.  Some of my motivational thoughts throughout the run were: thinking of Greg, Donna, John and Aisling doing the Miami Half, my little girl playing and laughing, and believe it or not…thinking about work!  I know…that last one…who would’ve thought.

I finished in 1:23:29…just over an 11 minute pace.  Not bad for me.  I’m happy!  I celebrated with a spiced chai from Leaf and Bean.  YUM!