Brooklyn Half Marathon
Sunday, May 22, 2011 at 10:19PM I ran my first Brooklyn Half Marathon on Saturday. It went much better than I expected! My mileage isn't high right now so I was pleasantly surprised to see what I could do. It was a great race...beautiful weather (first day it didn't rain all week).
It was fun to run the race with 10 friends from my New York Athletic Club (NYAC) team. I asked a few of the girls for advice before the race on running a half marathon. They all said don't go out too fast...My coach said the same thing to me...so I took the advice to heart. I ran conservatively the first half of the race which was in Prospect Park. Since I hadn't run a 13.1 mile race before I didn't know what I could do...but after exiting the park and heading out to Coney Island I picked up my pace and ran consistent splits and starting passing people. I felt great the whole way. It was especially great to be so supported there with my parents, Jeremiah and Kenna cheering for me at the 1 mile, 4 mile, and 12 mile mark on the course. It was actually a little emotional for me passing the 12 mile mark where they were cheering loudly for me. I felt so happy to have my family there for me. In these pics I was actually smiling at the 4 mile and 12 mile mark because I was so happy and felt so good inside.
I finished the race in 8th place overall for the women with a time of 1:22:30 and averaged 6:17 min pace. I'm looking forward to getting into my marathon training and running my first marathon in October- a week before Kenna has her first birthday! My goal is to qualify for the Olympic Trials in the marathon which will be held in January of 2012! I will need to run a sub 2:46 marathon...I have a lot of work to put in to reach this goal but I know I can do it! Thank you to all of you for your support and well wishes to me in this endeavor and to my husband and little girl for helping cheer me along everyday! It means so much to me!
4 miles into the race in Prospect Park, Brooklyn
At the 12 mile mark...happy to see my family, happy with how I'm running and looking forward to reaching the finish line!
Hanging with Kenna at the finish on the boardwalk in Coney Island.
Friends on my team, Mia and Heidi
Reader Comments (8)
Sooo happy for you Hermy! You look soooo good and I loved hearing how great you feel. I love your family and how they support you in your talents. Can't wait to run with you in central park soon! (although it'll be a jog for you!) Congrats. Soo proud of you.
yay Breanne! U did amazing! You WOULD go out there and run that fast like that smiling all the way!! Is it fun to have a team again? I'm curious how u guys do it cause we're putting roger a racing team for the running store here and don't know quite why to do: how much to expect them to race, rewards, practice during the week & weekends, etc. If u guys do anything like this lemme know! Congrats! You're amazing!
You are so beautiful! Not mention fast. Glad your first half went so well! I wish you the BEST of luck on training for the Olympics. You. can. do. it. :) So...when are you guys going to visit us in Boston!? We will be there in a month!
wo! good job breanne!
Way to go Breanne! I'll be cheering for you all the way!!!
Thanks Heids, Amber, Quebe, Becky, and Megan! It was a great day...I'm happy it went so well and look forward to the next big race:) thanks for your support! And I don't know how much I'll be smiling through the full marathon but hope to be at the finish line:)
Wow you are amazing!! I can totally see you in the Olympics! I will be cheering you on. You have a beautiful family I would die to meet little Kenna, she is such a doll.
Nice work Breanne! Good luck with your training, you'll do amazing!