The Great, The Good, The Downright Ugly-Race Report

Em made me promise to give her this number as soon as I was done!!

The great.....

• The hubs and Em came to cheer me on!  Em was very sad when she found out the she couldn't run but loved that she got her very own medal (they were handing out old medals at number pick-up).  It was great to have them there!
• I met a reader!!!!  I was standing around waiting to start and a woman asked me if I wrote a blog.  Her name was Megan and she is a reader.  She is running a half in San Francisco in 2 weeks.  I tried my hardest to play it cool but on the inside I was beside myself!!  I began to think of the bloggy meetups we could have!!!  Megan seriously though shoot me an email sometime and we can meet-up to run....or coffee...or whatever!  Thanks so much for introducing yourself to me!!

The good......

• My new compression capris that were very comfortable
• How I felt for miles 1-7 keeping a 8:15ish pace
• The people cheering along the way and hilarious signs
• I hit goal A....even though I wanted to stop and just sit on the side of the road I finished (more to come in the ugly!)
• A 2:00:36 finish....not where I know I can be but happy just the same

The ugly...

• A 12 noon start.....nothing more to say there
• I was hungry at the start....never a good thing and I think it was what lead to my wheels falling off.  I'm still not right even this morning.  I was so confused what to eat and when that I ended up not eating close enough to the start.
• The weather....it was forcasted to be overcast and 65....it was what felt like blazing sun and almost 80*.  I dressed for 65....We were running into the sun for a good portion of the race.  Even though it wasn't super hot in comparison it wasn't good for me!!!
• The wheels fell off the bus at around mile 8...Each mile my pace kept slowing after 9 miles.  The first half+ of the race I was keeping around an 8:15 pace but then hunger (I had no fuel) and heat kicked in....no good
• Walking down stairs today....yeah going in and out of 3 schools and up an down stairs each and every day today going down is not pretty

I would be lying if I said that I was satisfied with the race but I am certainly not devastated like I used to be when I didn't hit a time goal.  I knew what I did wrong and what to do for next time.  I have already made changes to my training and am looking for another.....I know it's an illness!!!  At the end of the day, and this is what I told my hubby, sometimes your body has it's own plan and it can happen to anyone!!  Thank you again for all your support!!!