March 30th, 2019
Day after my love's birthday, my folks came down too, and I was ready for redemption. Almost 3 months after Red Nose and I had been doing well with training with my coach. 5k times had been getting faster, so theoretically my 13.1 time would too?
The night before was full of alcohol and pasta, but I woke up feeling good. Stomach wasn't happy, but it wasn't angry either. Fairly neutral. Tiny victories. It was breezy and cool walking over, but I could see the sun starting to peak out from behind the clouds. I would have preferred the clouds....
Love of my life was doing the 5 miler after doing an ultra the week before, so I started 15 minutes before him. Started off with a downhill. Yay! It was gradual, so knees were ok with this. And my time looked great. Got onto the path and settled in nicely at an 8:40 pace. A bit fast, but lungs and legs felt good, so I just kept going. Classic me.
About halfway through, hill. And I knew this hill was coming, I could have practiced it, but I don't like hills so I didn't. Oooops. Ended up walking it because there was still a long way to go and it's good practice for not burning all my matches. The 2 hour pace group passed me and it took me a solid 2 miles to catch up. Yeesh!
Mile 8. Knee. Knees are dumb. IT bands are dumb. Running is dumb. I had been neglecting foam rolling and stretching and it started to show. A little bit of hobbling and limping while running, but I kept moving forward. And passing people. Which is always my favorite. Teehee.
Mile 10. 5k to go!! But knee and IT band were done. So, so done. And then it wasn't. And then it was. It was such a fun game. Not! But 3.1 miles? I can so that. Easy. So I did. Until mile 12.4. Where there was another massive hill. Seriously?! Why are all finish lines at the tops of hills?! Walked it again because I just didn't have much in the tank, and then I could see it. The finish line!! Searched for my folks and my love, saw them, and dragged my ass over that line. Official time was 1:56.29. I'm back!!
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