I really didn't know what to expect this morning, I had been up at girls camp the past couple days and was tired plus my foot is bothering me and the drive back and forth really irritated it. When my alarm went off at 4 i really didn't want to get up, but I paid for this race so I rolled out of bed and got ready quickly and was out the door. I decided to take some fish oils for my foot for the inflamation, I don't like to take IB to run on but that probably would have been better. The oils made me sick durning the race, plus just being overly tired I had a horrible race. I wanted to be done at 9, my legs were shot from the steep down hill (I have decided I don't like these super steep down hill starts they trash your legs and make you feel like crap for the finish). I wouldn't let myself completely give up and had some help in the end. 1st I saw my friend Amanda and she ran with me for a mile, that helped me forget how awful I felt. Then somewhere around 11 I passed Smooth and she said some words of in encouragement, I couldn't show her I wanted to quite so I smiled and ran on. Then somewhere in the last half mile Jonathan C came along with his 1:35 sign and passed me. I really didn't want that so I speed up and out sprinted him at the finish. I felt mad and defeated when I finished, I know we all have these kind of races and am OK with it. But just wish I would have felt better so I could have gotten a better time. 1-6:59 2-6:50 3-6:49 4-6:50 5-6:30 6-6:37 7-6:49 8-7:06 9-7:59 10-7:53 11-7:44 12-8:13 13-7:51 .1-5:41 pace cooled down 3 miles with Amber, my foot was sore and I could feel my sciatic so i decided to be done. I wanted 20 but felt like this was a good move.
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