Saturday morning I get up at 5:30 am.. and there is 2 to 3 inches of snow at my house, and its still coming down. I was sick to my stomach... But I got up.. and got ready.. and went to the race.
Here is a a picture about 10 minutes before the race starts. The sky is clearing up.. But its still SO SO SO cold.
The race was so hard. This course had lots of ups and down. Not my favorite course, but it was beautiful! Running through the tulip festival, with the snow on all of the flowers.. and the sun coming out. I could smell the cherry blossoms, and the air was super clear. It ended up being a pretty fun race.
Here I am.. closing in on the finish line.
And crossing!!! I made it! The time on the clock is not my real time. Its a chip timed race.. which means that your time starts when you cross the starting line. I did not get to the starting line right at first.. so my real finishing time was 2:44. That is 20 seconds faster than my time on the halloween half! And this course was tougher!!! I did awesome!!! So awesome that after I crossed the finish line, I started to cry. It was such a great moment!!
After the race.. with the finish line in the back ground!!
Around mile 5 I feel a blister coming on... I did not want my life to be miserable. So I named my Blister.. that way I could talk to it, and hopefully not get a bad attitude. A bad attitude, with 8 miles left to go.. could be disastrous. I would like you to meet... ANDREW the blister.
In case you could not spot him above.. I circled him... Biggest blister I have ever had..
I am really glad that I signed up for this race, and that I finished it. It was a true race against myself. And I won. :)
3 comments:
You're incredible!!! Congrats :)
I am super proud of you!! Maybe, just a HUGE maybe mind you I will race with you :)
Congratulations on your finish! It's a tough but beautiful course...by design. Hope to see you again next year.
Kendall
Race Director
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