Done and Done! I'm sore and really tired and i think I need to throw up. :) But it was a good race. More details to come later on after 7 peaks!
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The race started a 1/2 hour late and that was bad. It was so hot at the end, but atleast I had good company to hang out with before the race- Kellie, Josse, Sue, Julie, Michele, Lyns and a few other bloggers I didn't catch names! So good to see all you girls! And Kellie- thank you for packing my extra shirt! I completely forgot you had it until Lyns gave it to me, thanks! My goal was to be under 2 hours and I did it! Which I am really happy about but I didn't feel strong at the end and so i'm slightly discouraged with the race. And I NEVER could have done it without Merri, she met me at mile 5-ish and really helped me. Thankfully she wasn't yelling at me to go faster and pushing my back forcing me along like a lady right behind us was doing to her friend. That wouldn't work for me. Anyway here's my splits
Miles 1-6: 7:54, 7:58, 8:15, 8:12, 8:29, 8:13- I loved all the down hill! Miles 1-3 I was having a wierd side pain on my right side. The only thing I can think is that I took aspirin right before and my stomach hated it. I just had to talk myself through it and try to breathe through it, and luckily it went away. Merri met me around Mile 5. I felt good and my 10k time was 50:03! I wish this had been a 10k that's a PR. Took Gu at Mile 6 water stop and it made my stomach hurt a little I think I maybe drank a little to much water too.
Miles 7-9: 9:25, 9:10, 8:59 This is where I started to die mentally, just a little- you'll see I died majorly mentally later on :) This is where you come onto the trail and the sun was so hot and blazing right on us. I'm glad I had Merri through here, she kept me going for real.
Miles 10-13.1: 10:07, 9:43, 10:32, 10:06- See I told you I really died at the end. The sun was so hot and I wanted so bad to be done. I really was ready to give up. Merri helped me with my timing and we knew if I could just do a 30 min 5k I would be under 2 hours. These last 3 miles I had to concentrate on making it phone pole to phone pole. I needed to pee but thought I could make it to the finish, and no worries I DID make it to the finish but I should have taken a potty break. It might have helped. These last 3 miles were really hard and I thought I would never finish.
I'm glad to be done and glad I did it under 2 hours! I can't help but wonder how much better it would be in 10 degrees cooler temperature at the end. And how did I miss the Ice cold diet pepsi!!! oh well, the chocolate milk really hit the spot and then my hubby had breakfast waiting for me when I got home- I guess that makes up for him missing the race :). | 