Slackersauce

10.01 avg. Ran with Stacie the first two miles then she had to go race the two men running on the opposite side of the street. She won. But I don't think they knew they were racing. Anyway, I went out exhausted and felt really good by the end like I could have kept going. It's funny how sometimes your body decides to wake up the last mile or two. Going to do some weights and then I'm going to burn out later and take a nap. Sounds like a good plan.

Did I really wake up at 5:30 in the morning again to run 9 miles? What is wrong with me? 

I gave the first 3.5 miles a good effort : ) The last 1.5 was killer. It was so hot and a warm head wind plus hills were not making things any better. I was so thirsty, I actually felt kind of sick. Plus I didn't drink my whole gallon of water yesterday and I think that made a difference. I stopped at 5 but wasn't quite home yet. Probably had about .4 more to go and of course Stacie was way ahead of me, suddenly I saw her car cruising on the street toward me, she came to rescue me and bring me my water! She said she needed her water so badly she just ran fast home and knew I would be feeling the same way. Thank you Stacie! I was happy to see you. Home was so close yet so far away! I'm really happy that we have two rest days now until Hobble Creek on Saturday. I'm really looking forward to sleeping in a bit.

Slept in until 8:20!! Booyah!

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. : )