Congratulations to Melissa Jaynes, one of our newer Wicked members, who achieved a PR (by more than 6 minutes within three weeks) at the Hampton Half Marathon this past Sunday in New Hampshire. Melissa’s chip time was 1:58:46. Melissa only started running half marathons this past March and has already managed to shave 16 minutes off her time!
Melissa comments that this race certainly has its great points: beautiful fall foliage, a route along the beach, flat terrain, great t-shirts (that also came in extra small), free Smuttynose beer, and a location close to Salem. Some areas where improvement might be made are providing more water and food at the finish (they ran out soon after her finish), accurate course length and chip time, and more accurate pacers (she left the 9:00 pacer who was running an 8:30 pace). Melissa also reports that this race is also run in February and in the summer. I can attest to the February race, having run it earlier this year. It is a great half marathon to run.
Melissa attributes so much of her success to running with her “wicked great Wicked teammates” who even help fuel her obsession. She is thankful for everyone’s support. ”Wicked ROCKS!!!”
Great job Melissa! Well done
Well done. Knocking off that much time on a PR puts a lot of pressure on you now!!
Congrats.
CB