Okay, first of all this is not the actual time. They still haven't posted it. I will edit when they do. But I know it is somewhere around there. I started out way too fast for how I was feeling. I was a bit sick to my stomach, I'm not sure why but here is what I think. #1- I had eaten toast with peanut butter at four a.m. and by the time the race started late at 8:15, That was completely gone. #2. I am heading into my bad week for running. ya know, girl issues. {not making excuses, it is what it is} And #3. I had some serious blister issues. I started with Stacie and ran 5 miles with her, but I knew at mile 3 that I might have some trouble. Not a good feeling when you are only that far into a run. I asked her to tell me stories to get my mind off of my stomach. She told me stories for a few miles and we were making great time. 9.25, 9.14, 9.04, 9.11, 9.23, 9.32, and here is where it got bad for me. I slowed way down to 10.30's for pretty much the rest of the race. My blisters were really bothering me, my stomach was still uneasy and it was getting warmer and warmer. I knew at that point that I needed to be happy with whatever my time was and to just finish and hopefully not want to die when I do. So that is what it was. I am happy with my time for these two reasons. #1. The way I was feeling, it could have been much worse.. #2. It still beat my time at the Hobble Creek last year by 5 or 6 minutes. Not a P.R for a 1/2 marathon for me, but still a P.R for THIS 1/2 marathon. I think if this was it for me as far as races coming up, I would be disappointed, but since in the back of my mind I kept thinking that I am about to be heading into a 40 mile week starting Monday and that I have the marathon coming up, I could just say to myself, It is what it is. Don't get too hung up on it. Still after feeling this way, I wonder how on Earth I am ever going to do double that distance in a few weeks. And also, I don't care if I ever do Hobble Creek again. And the reason is They NEVER start on time, and it really annoys me. Like REALLY annoys me. But overall, I am pleased with what I could do considering how I was feeling today. Not every run is a great run, but they are all still a run. And A Run Is better than NO run. So to that I say, HAPPY RUNNING! Edit:: Official time was 4 minutes faster then I originally thought, that's a nice feeling. I thought I was 2:15. Turns out I was 2:11. : )
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