The Half Marathon – Final Story and Playlist

I am done! I didn’t finish faster than last year like I wanted to, but I didn’t end up training and running the race on full either. Let me explain. Two weeks before the race I injured my left instep. I don’t think it was training alone, but rather training followed by 3-inch heels. Yes, I know. I learned. No heels while training. So I lost a week of training. 🙁

Follow that up with the big kicker: I sprained my left ankle about 2 miles from the finish. So that changed my goal. I finished. That became my goal. Below is part of my cheering team at the finish line. Thank you to everyone that supported me over the past few months as I trained and the day of. It meant more to me than I can ever express.

The night before the race I asked my Twitter friends for tunes to run to. So here is my list of songs. You can tell a lot about me by this list I guess, so enjoy.

1. Let’s Go – Trick Daddy
2. Shut Up and Drive – Rihanna
3. Wild Ride – Kenny Chesney
4. Til the Dawn – Drew Sidora
5. Bite the Dust – The Pussycat Dolls
6. Stronger – Kanye West
7. Galmorous – Fergia
8. I Wanna Be Bad – Willa Ford
9. Milkshake – Kelis
10. Move Bitch – Ludacris
11. Never Again – Kelly Clarkson
12. Radar – Britney Spears
13. Pon de Replay – Rihanna
14. Bittersweet Symphony – The Verve
15. Shake Your Pom Pom – Missy Elliot
16. Don’t Stop the Music – Rihanna
17. Send Me an Angel – Real Life
18. If You’re Going Through Hell – Rodney Atkins
19. Extraordinary – Liz Phair
20. Tamborine Remix – Eve ft. Missy Elliot, Fabulous
21. Dirty Little Secret – Kelly Clarkson
22. London Bridge – Fergie
23. Get Back – Ludacris
24. Addictive -Rakim
25. Conga – Gloria Estefan
26. The Scratch – 7 Year Bitch
27. Stand Up – Ludacris
28. The Rockafeller Skank – Fatboy Slim
29. Single Ladies – Beyonce
30. New Agenda – Janet Jackson
31. Behind These Hazel Eyes – Kelly Clarkson
32. Beautiful Day – U2
33. Pump It – Black Eyed Peas
34. The Middle – Jimmy Eat World
35. Break Stuff – Limp Bizkit
36. We Run This – Missy Elliot
37. Let’s Get Loud – Jennifer Lopez
38. Buck in Here – Akon Ft. Diddy & Ludacris
39. Lace and Leather – Britney Spears
40. Just Dance – Lady GaGa
41. No Reins – Rascal Flatts
42. You Can Do It – Ice Cube
43. We Made It – Busta Rhymes