My first half-marthon

Last weekend, as any other weekend you would say, I went to Italy. As usual I had my camera with me but this time I actually didn't take so many pictures.... why? well, the main activity of the weekend was on Sunday morning, and it involved some physical activity: I run my first half-marathon!

In general I'm a kind of sporty person, so when the occasion came up I was more than enthusiastic about challenging myself with a 21km long run! On the other hand I really never run for more than a hour and a half straight, and that really happened very few times....

Anyway, Sunday morning everything was ready, my already-worn-out running shoes

my technical sleeve-less T-shirt (that I guess should be called something else than T-shirt due to the sleeve-less connotation......) that I got as a present some time ago

and my tennis shorts, because I really don't see the difference in between any shorts......

The race itself was quite nice and enjoyable. It wasn't a real competitive run, it was more a just for fun event organized by the Hellenic semester for the Greek presidency of the EU.
The path was also very difficult: apart of the 21km long, it was a combination of trails in the woods, asphalt streets, dirt roads and a lot of stairs! Yes, stairs! those kind of stairs you wouldn't like to do anyway at anytime in your life, and especially not after more than 12km run and a quite steep hill....

Unfortunately the race started a bit late, so I ended up running until 1 o'clock, under a very hot sun... but in the end I made it!
Sadly the GPS on my mobile didn't track a single meter of the run, but the Nike FuelBand recorded each single step. Here the fuel consumption!

I tweet it and look what Nike replied!

So not so many pictures from this last trip, but some muscle pain and a personal achievement!