4th woman
1rst in my age group
21st overall – out of 311 finishers
1:31:01 total time, 6:57 min/mile – Personal Record!
The Swanzey Covered Bridges Half Marathon has a course that is a showpiece for rural, historic New England. The course was rolling with 2 larger hills, it didn’t let up even with 2 miles to go… The rain was persistent, but was clear at the beginning and the end. There was a beautiful vibrant rainbow at the start when I was warming up – just amazing! Good luck for me, although I don’t always like running in the rain – thought about turning around and going back home when it was pelting down on my windshield at 6:30 AM.
I ran 6:15’s (not so smart to go out that fast but….) for the first 3 miles and then let up in the middle, my stomach was a bit queazy (could be the pace, or nutrition) – hard to tell…. It was lonely on the road with only 320 runners the packs spread out and I ran with Andreus from Spain (winchester resident) for a little while, but mostly on my own. This sweet little HS sophmore girl passed me with 1 mile to go – – flew right on by! They gave cash prizes for the first 3 – no other awards given, but the pride of being fourth and winning my age group was pretty amazing – – looking forward to the 1/2 ironman this weekend! Wish me luck and think of me early on Sunday with the 1.2 mile swim in the ocean!
Individual posted results below:
21 1/22 F4044 1:31:01 6:57 Nancy Peck 42 F 348 Sunapee NH
