Recap of my 24th Half Marathon – Lincoln Presidential Half Marathon in Springfield, IL

2026-05-01 14:42

From blog Curly Crafty Mom

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Recap of my 24th Half Marathon – Lincoln Presidential Half Marathon in Springfield, IL

Well, I ran half marathon #24 on April 11th and I came away with my SECOND sub 2 half marathon time and a PR! Woohoo! I felt like the training cycle for this one went REALLY well, but I was still having all those pre-race jitters and doubts! However, it was NOT a cake walk… AT ALL. The morning of the day before the race was when EVERYTHING fell apart. I woke up with a headache and nausea. I was supposed to be on day 2 of carb loading, but I couldn’t even get myself to eat until noon. I was in tears, because I was so worried I had caught something and all my training for this race would be for nothing and it was out of my hands. The race was in...

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