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a jpg. Eight days ago I finished my eighth half marathon minutes behind my pal Rebecca Daniels. #latergram #nofilter
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We ran both halves of the SF marathon the past two years (she’s run both halves twice). So I challenged her to run the full next year and she stepped up.

That means I am too. #sfmarathon2017 #verbal

Finished 1st half of the #sfmarathon in 2:27:37, my first #halfmarathon since recovering from knee injury. I hit several goals:

1. Finish without injury
2. Finish under 2:30
3. Not my slowest half

I'm pretty pleased with that. I had no illusions about setting a half PR but I was thinking a course PR was in reach (faster than when I first ran it 2 years ago). Missed that by ~4 min. I went as fast as I could without sustained knee pain.

However, when I finished I felt like I could keep going, and that felt great. Finished smiling with gas left in the tank and that convinced me that I have what it takes to train and run a full next year.

#run #runner #runners #finish #finisher #finishers #RUNPROGRAM #novemberproject #npsf #grassrootsgear #nofear #racerverything #longrun #initforthelongrun #nofear #sf #sfmarathon2016

👤 Rebecca Daniels(f), Tantek Çelik(f,t,••)
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