I did it! I finished the race! I set out to just finish the race without getting injured. The first mile or two was difficult. Runners stumbling over and trying to pass each other to get into a pace. It was virtually impossible to get into a groove at first with so many people running. After the first two miles I was feeling good and got into about a 9 minute-mile pace. Then came time that I had to pee. It would've been a lot better had I not had to wait in a line to use the porta-potty. Next time, I'm gonna go on the side of the street. After the stop, it was hard to get back into pace. But eventually I settled into a 9-10 minute -mile pace. The runner in me wanted to push it to my max. I ran the last three miles around an 7:30- 8 minute pace. I just kept wanting to go faster and faster. I felt great. My cheerleaders were there at two places along the run. Elee and Josiah ran along side me for about a 100 meters. It was so cute. At the end of the race, the family wasn't there. I was supposed to meet them back at the hotel. I picked up my shirt, and grabbed a coca cola and Kolsch beer. Nothing like drinking a beer after running a half marathon. It really made me feel like I was in Germany. I came in 285 overall for my age group. I think there might've been about 10,000 runners there? My time was 2 hours and 8 minutes.
We went to Dusseldorf for Lunch/dinner after the race. Very cool walking area with lots of places to eat really good food. They are famous for their Altbier. So we had to get that of course.
My foot still bothers me, but today, my whole body is sore so I'm not noticing it too much.
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