My Half Marathon!!
Posted on June 27, 2010 by admin
My Half Marathon!! Ok so day started out good. Not too much heat and not too humid. Should’ve known better when I realized I forgot my iPod at home!! Fit fan and uber runner Bean Wrenn described the course as “rolling”. Ok y’know how real estate agents call small homes “cozy”? “Rolling” is english for REALLY FRIGGEN HILLY!!!! So I didn’t have my iPod and no Nike+ to pace myself so I situated myself behind some Fidelity runners who kept talking about their pace. They were running an 8:30. I kept with them until I realized that one of the runners apparently had a serious sweating problem and what I thought were mists from the showers strategically placed along the run were actually drops of his sweat hitting me. Ugh!!! So I ditched them and followed this nice old lady who was kicking my butt and probably running a 7:30. She was like 80! Go girl power!! She ditched me at around mile 6 when I was dry heaving on the side of the road because of the intense incredible heat. Where the hell did it come from?!! I choked down a Gu and it seemed to help. Never ended up finding my nice old lady though 
My Gu lasted til about mile 11 when I started dry heaving again from too much Gatorade. Btw the paramadics were seriously busy with heat exhaustion cases. I just kept running under the showers 
. The only music that kept me going were the rocking bands that stayed with me for a while. They’re really helpful!! Especially to drown out the huffing and puffing and complaining of fellow runners. Misery totally did not love company in this case!! Anyway I ended up sprinting at the end with this really long legged black woman who pushed me to probably decrease my time by 1 minute! Go girl power! I don’t think I made my sub 1:50 (I think I finished around 2:00) but I’m so psyched to have done it and so pissed that everyone was eating pizza at the end (I’m allergic to wheat) lol! But the orangeade was yummy!
So I’m really hooked on half marathons and I’m planning the next race. Anyone down?!!
Xoxo
L
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