Half Check?

So this morning was the 5K. It did not go exactly as planned. I ended up walking a few parts because I made few mistakes and did not realize how bad the hills were. I did not warm up properly and I started a little fast but what really hurt me was the half mile hill that started the course. My neighborhood has hills but not as steep or long as this one. My calves were killing me and I was only a half mile into the race. What sucked more, I had 3 more hills to go during the rest of the course. I had to walk a little to recover from the first one and then I walked up hill on the rest of them. Other than that, I ran. My time was better but not as good as I wanted it to be. I feel a little better about it now than I did right after I finished but I'm still not completely satisfied.

This morning was a 5K and 10K. We all started together and ran the same course the 10Kers just ran it twice. I wore my half marathon training t-shirt(it looks like the graphic on the side of my blog) and while I was being passed by a guy running the 10K, he yelled back to me saying I could do it, referring to the half marathon. It was nice having some encouragement from a total stranger that is a much better runner than I am.(he was on his second lap and I had just around 2.5miles) It was especially nice after one of the reactions I got before the race started. There was a group of women standing next to me when we were getting ready to start. One of them tapped me on the shoulder and asked what my shirt meant. When I explained that they 13.1 represented the half marathons I am training for she got all snarky and said, "Well, you just go and do that then." I know she just meant that she didn't care to ever try to run a half and I understand that but the way she said it and her body language after made me feel like crap. Like I was being mocked for trying to better myself. I know there will always be haters but I wish people thought about how the things they say can affected people.


Running

1. 1st 5k, May 21, 2011
   
2. Army Shadow 10 miler, Oct 9, 2011
3. Complete 1st Half at Run to Remember, Nov 5, 2011(no time limit or pace requirement)
   
4. Tinkerbell Half in Disneyland, Jan 29, 2012(3 1/2 hour time limit)
   
5. Princess Half in Disney World, Feb 26, 2012 in under 3 hours