Montreal Half Marathon

A year ago today, I ran my first half marathon. It was quite the experience. I did the Montreal Rock N Roll series. The race started on the Jacques Cartier bridge, went around Ile St Helene, the race track, pass the expo 67 houses, through the old port, along St Catherine and it ended with the brutal climb up Berri Uqam to the Parc Lafontaine.

I trained all of last summer for the race. It was something I wanted to do for a while so I just signed up for it and did it. I ran by myself and trained by myself. I had never really ran much by myself outside. It was something I wanted to try so I set it as a goal and accomplished it.

It took me 2 and a half hours to complete the race. My goal was just to complete the race so I was happy I was able to finish it in a decent time. My cardio was pretty good during the race. My back and my feet were tired by the end of the race. My whole family was waiting for me at the finish line. It was great to see them at the last marker, where I only had 1 km left to run. My boyfriend actually ran the last kilometre with me. I was so happy for his support.

I may do it again next year. I have a couple of friends who would like to do it with me. If I do it again, I would want to train more and get a better time. Maybe one day I'll set the goal of completing a marathon. If I get through this goal, I feel like I will be able to accomplish anything.