Post Half Marathon Thoughts

Around 24 hours ago it didn't phase me that I would be running a half marathon. Now it's post half marathon and I still can't believe I finished. One blister, sore lower body, and the most drained I've been in quite sometime. Overall it was a humbling and accomplishing experience. 

Waiting for a table at Black Dog's Smoke and Ale House. 

After the race we went to the Virginia Theater, I believe it's called, and took a picture with Ebert! That was pretty cool. We also went to go get Insomnia cookies which really hit the spot after those long 13.1 miles. Before departing we were recommended to go the Black Dog's for lunch. We waited for quite a bit but it was totally worth it. Then after all that food I had to stay out of my food coma for the ride home. We took one last trip to Statbucks before my family and Dillon went back home, and I went back to school. 

I made it about 10 to 15 minutes outside of UIUC when my car's power steering went out and then the engine started to overheat. My phone was almost dead so I decided to quickly send my mom a text to let her know what happened. Luckily a police officer pulled over to the side to help me out and called a tow truck. Just as the tow truck got there, my parents had just gotten there as well. So we went to a shop in Telton, IL and made arrangements of what is going to happen next. Hopefully I will have my car back in a couple of days. What had happened was some belt broke and stopped everything from rotating so the car wasn't being cooled and the power steering stopped working as a result of that. 

It was a bittersweet day to say the least. Bitter in the sense that my car broke down, but sweet that I finished a half marathon. Someday, I will run a full marathon, but first I'll run another half and do some proper training. The extent of my training was running on and off 3 weeks prior to the race. My longest run was about 4 miles. I think I'll take it a little more serious next time.