A bit of a last minute decision to run the Zooma Annapolis 1/2 marathon. The Louisiana Marathon took a lot out of me and I ended up nursing a hip injury for several months following the marathon. Managed to keep my mile-a-day streak alive though! I didn’t put a ton of running training into this race, but  started riding my bike to work, so I was hoping the cross-training would help out. The race was in beautiful Annapolis, MD. I flew out by myself on the Friday before the race, took in some sites and, of course, sampled some local beer. They have an interesting art exhibit with all sorts of interestingly painted birds throughout town.

The race itself is relatively small. It’s a “women’s race”, although there were a handful of guys running.  The course itself was quite pretty with a decent number of hills on the back 1/2. I started strong, but my lack of training and the hills came to haunt me for the last 5 miles. Slowed way down for the last few miles and started taking pictures and just enjoying the day.

Actually ended up with some decent finish-line photos.

Being a women’s race, there was yoga, shopping and wine at the finish line. Apparently, I’m not a “normal” woman, because I don’t want any of those three things at the end of a race! I tried the wine (since it was free), but have confirmed that beer is definitely better at the end of a race.

10 down, 40 to go!