Race Results 10K

10K on Saturday morning at 7:42 am

This is how i felt on Saturday morning when my alarm went off at 5:30 am. NOT WORTH IT!

So i laid my lazy tired ass in bed checking the weather.

BOOOOO! Overcast. 

i did eat very clean the days leading up to my races. This is a typical breakfast for me, turkey bacon, and 2 poached eggs. TDubs pumped up the jams via spotify at 6 am (your welcome neighbors) to get my head in the game. it was great. i was still pretty nervy.

Sooooooooo i ran on Friday, late at night. Downed some sleep aid. And got up Saturday for the 10K. i have been running and training since January. i over strained an inner thigh muscle about 5 weeks ago, and it has is been painful. 

Lana stuck with me the whole time. She is just the awesome person, and i really miss that whole family a great deal. i was so grateful she wanted to run together. it helped pass the time plus it gave us an opportunity to catch up on life.

My goal had been to run the entire 10K, at about mile 2 the sun came out with a freaking VENGEANCE! We both peeled our coats off, this resulted in me having to carry my phone. frick on a stick.

Thankfully the course went through Old Town and had lots of tree shad. TDubs caught us between miles 3-4 which was fun to see him and some friends that were watching! the atmosphere is so neat with spectators.

Mile 5 ...gurgle grumble rawr stomach...uh oh...yeah, pretty much.

i ended up needing to walk.

it was all i could do to not cry while we walked.

Lana stayed with me, and i tried not to feel guilty about it.

double frick on a stick.

i figure we walked somewhere between half and 3/4 of a mile. then jogged the rest to the finish line.
i was completely out of sorts.
emotionally i couldn't even process my failure.
and i basically sprinted the steps at the stadium to the bathroom. fun times. i ended up with stomach issues for the rest of the weekend, oh the fun of that. and then we ate out twice.

Red Lobster. This was supposed to be my victory meal. it tasted like shit. not really, it was all smothered in butter so it tasted like fat kid heaven. i had a huge fruity drink and then went home and drank beer.

honestly i wasn't really ok with going to this dinner. it was not a victory. i am a type A person through and through. but sometimes you just have to acknowledge that you body just isn't having a good day.

I never had a problem during my training runs for any of this. my biggest issue had been my leg pain. so to say i'm disappointed is an understatement.

by Monday morning, i was convinced i would still run.
i will train some more and run a 10K alone and see if i can complete it.
it may take me longer than i planned but i will do it.

so i'm certainly not in the best spirits about the race depression much? but i did finish and even with walking our pace was still good. plus, the best thing about doing both events, you get 3 medals aawwwweeee yeaaaaahhhh! :)

Race Results 5K

So this is my friend and her 3 daughters. during the 5K on Friday I ran with the little blondie in front of me, Ceelee. HOWEVER, when they showed up at the race i did not anticipate that the girls were ALL going to run the entire 5K. Oops, i did NOT prepare for that.

Ceelee and I ran the entire 5K together. She rocked it. I had so much fun with her. The picture is me and her (not pictured) running and jumping over the finish line, 'cause you have to sprint and jump. The marathon takes your photo but i think it would have been cuter with her in it.

(they want $50 for this pic IDONTEFFINGTHINKSO)

i really enjoyed running with her. i was also very nervous to have Lana's daughter in my care. :) But she was the coolest. And after the race she told Lana she thinks she like to do a 10K NBD. Talk about cool kid.

the 5K is a hot mess at the Illinois Marathon, over 6,000 people showed up and they don't make you get into pace groups, they just hold signs and ask the walkers to move to the back, which they DO NOT DO. beautiful national anthem and silence for Boston, made me a bit teary. then we were off! we all started together, one of Lana's other girls took off, and whats a mother to do? But race after her, with her youngest in hand.

i turned to Ceelee and told her we could run as fast as she wanted. so we stuck together. she ran the whole thing with an 13 minute pace. Not only that, but we were weaving in and out of people the ENTIRE TIME. I understand its a beginners race, but frankly i think this race is unsafe, and i am not sure i will run it ever again. Also it was at night and not well light.

Ceelee had a great attitude we cheered and people and alllllllll the drunk kids on campus! We got and gave tons of high fives! As we approached the stadium, and the 50 yard finish line, Ceelee starting leaping and jumping! and told me we should run as hard as we could over the finish line, and that we should jump so our pictures are cool. And they were.

All in all i had a really good time. The crowds and anxiety of finding Will before and after are hard for me. Might have a little social anxiety issue there. but i had a great time and that's what mattered!