Personal Record at the Hyannis Half

Well, I ran the race of my life at the Hyannis Half Marathon on Sunday. I had a personal record that beat my half Marathon Time 5 years ago. Not bad for an old lady. I actually had a little in the tank for a quarter mile sprint to the finish. Coach Jack would be proud. The weather was perfect virtually no wind for the first 11 miles. A lot of my DF teammates ran the race and also had PR. Hama and Manami actually missed my finish. They were there but they usually have a lot more time to see me cross the finish line as I am usually doing the "I'm tired so I shuffle across the finish line" but not this time. I had virtually no aches or pains from this run. My training must be paying off. I'm looking forward to the Quincy half Marathon in 3 weeks. This is my home turf so I'm hopeful for a good race.
I took Monday off from running and yesterday I ran from the Broad down to JKF and back. 8 miles. Another great run the only problem was on the return I had to run into the wind and was slower on the run back. I'm not sure where I found this new speed but I'm going to ride it out for all that it is worth. Typically I run 11 minute miles but currently I'm around 10:20 a mile on the long runs. Yasso workouts (speed work) is starting to payoff.
On the donation front it has been a wonderful week. I'm over 5K. I had donations from my fellow Broadies: Tara MacCumascaigh, Haley Bridger, Brenda Ellsworth, Justin Silva, Brian Connolly, Joe O'Brien, Jacob Jaffe, Rosemarie Circeo, Dan Lagres, coach John Rinn, and my boss David Erlandson who has supported this endeavor on so many fronts. Vendors: Claudia Russo of Workplace Resources, Richard Primrose of Palladian, Kathryn Johnson of Triumvirate, and Greg Lucas of CBRE. My auntie Mary and uncle Dick Buckley, my sister Bethany and family and my Dad rounded off this weeks donations. I am thankful for your support.