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Riley's Rumble Half Marathon, Poolesville MD—July 24, 2005
by Catalina Gomolka

On July 24, I ran the Riley's Rumble Half Marathon in Poolesville, MD. $10 for a local race that is supported with Gatorade and water every 2 miles and you get a free gel at mile 10. Good deal!

After that the race though, Poolesville has one meaning to me - HILLS. Luckily, that weekend we had a "cold front" come through, so the temperature wasn't in the 90s, but it was still pretty hot. The beginning of the race was pretty shady and that helped a lot. At about mile ½, we hit our first hill--the first of many. It made it a very challenging course, but I just thought of it as good hill training. We don't have many hills in South Riding, so it's good to do something like that once in a while.

I felt pretty good until about mile 10, at that point it started getting pretty hot and my energy levels began to deteriorate. Somehow I got my second wind and was able to finish strong. The last mile, I had to keep on hitting my quads to make sure they wouldn't cramp up. As much as I don't like going up a hill, going down really kills my quads! The next day I couldn't sit down or go down the stairs. My time was 2 hours 9 min and 32 seconds. That's a PR for me for a half-marathon, even with the hills and the heat--I was pretty happy! I'm planning on doing it again next year.
 

July 2005

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