Great Race Day!
Ξ October 5th, 2008 | → 0 Comments | ∇ Chat |
I don’t usually like to get up really early but this morning I was pretty excited for today’s ½ marathon so when the alarm clock went off, I was up and dressed in 2 minutes flat.
I drank some Gatorade and my Monster and when we got to the race I really needed to use the bathroom. The line was a mile long and wasn’t moving very fast. I really needed to go before the race started so I had to wait it out. The gun went off as I closed the door after I finished peeing! So I was right on time to start and off I went.
The last race I did was in May 2006. It was a ½ Ironman in California and I was 1 month pregnant at the time I did it. I wasn’t sure how I was going to do today for the ½ marathon. I am older now, haven’t raced in years, had a baby and I did most of my training on a treadmill rather than outside. My first goal was to finished of course, then I was hoping to not be slower then ever.
Well to my surprise, it ended up being my best ½ marathon time ever! Wow! I was thrilled! It was also my hardest race ever cause I really pushed myself the whole way but it was worth it to beat my best time! The last mile was so hard, I thought I was going to puke!
Celt also did the race and he was so good! It was his first ½ marathon and he did much better than he thought he would. I knew he would do awesome because he is such a good runner! He has that natural ability to be fast and that really sucks for the rest of us! Ha-ha I am so proud of him though, he doesn’t even like to run and never was interested in racing until I convinced him!
So it was a good race, we both did great and we both are going to be really sore this week. My thighs already feel like led! We ate at a pub in the afternoon and this is where this picture was taken.
