The RED HOT PINK CHICKS rule the universe!!! There is a lot of hot pink at the end of the race :) I focused on picking them off in the last two miles. I don't think anyone passed me in the last two miles. Jon and Kelli could have been tripping them for me ;)
KELLI- THANK YOU!!! You are the best pacer 'keep me from quitting' friend EVER!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!
LESLIE- I Love you and WE DID IT!!! I know you have done this before, but dang it girl- we ROCKED!!! :) and we looked MARVELOUS!!! I started to get a migraine about an hour before the race. I left the condo and bawled for a bit. Migraines tend to force me to run slower and when I run longer distances with a migraine, I really have a bad few days to follow. I was pretty sad starting the race and not sure what would happen. I did not push, for fear of lasting repercussions with the head. In retrospect, my time could have been better with a few changes to race day. #1 I need better sleep, #2 I need a warm up, #3 NO MIGRAINE for a shot at my best time, #4 I can run a moderately tough race and not suffer too much following the race. I suffered nausea for two days and a dull but present headache. I also could not read for the rest of Saturday.
11:19.18 best pace 6:27 Splits are by my garmin which was off by about .2 by the end of the race. 1- 11:05- Should have warmed up. Should have stretched! Should have GONE POTTY!!! 2- 12:03 vpb ;) 3- 10:33 4- 10:45 5- 11:09 Short steep up-hill that was a bummer :(
6- 9:51 There was a shady gradual up hill trail here that was COLD but I felt great! Man, if I could feel like that for the whole race- I'd be QUEEN OF THE WORLD!!!
7- 10:56- OK- this was an awesome mile. This is where the winners pass the non-winners. We saw Jeff and Mary Ann cruising in for their wins. We also saw everyone else finishing SO strong. It was a great boost! :) and very distracting :)
8- 11:39- the beginning of the loop of 1/2 marathon death!!! This little loop is just a plain old bummer :(
9- 11:49 Starting to really feel sore at the very top of my legs in my hips. My neuroma was very unhappy, but not "race ending" and no need to pray for divine intervention ;)
10- 11:49 I was very emotionally and physically spent here and it was feeling like it would never get better, as seen in mile 11 :)
11- 12:39 WORN OUT!!! Scott and Jon swoop in SAVE THE DAY!!!! :D 12- 11:18 Scott came in first and really gave us all an amazing shot of energy! Soon Kelly and Jon showed up and took us in the rest of the way. Jon was a GREAT pacer and got me in for a strong finish. Kelly stayed with Leslie and Kelli brought me in with Jon :) This mile felt good. I was able to put the soreness behind me and run. It felt great!
13.11- 10:09 It was great to finish :) I surprised myself an bawled like a baby when I finally found David.
It is FINISHED!!! ;) I am done and I am POOPED! My time is unofficial and I will post the official time when it becomes available. There is so much to say I am not sure where to start. So I will start from the beginning. Kelli and Scott pick us up and we drove to St George... I am so tired that I am going to have to do this tomorrow :) It's tomorrow and my brain is feeling some what more clear and rested. I took an ice bath before bed which was a good and a bad idea all in one :) I think it will end up in the good idea column in the end. I am taking Aleve for the soreness. David and Ashley (14) cracked up when they saw me shivering in the tub with my Painters sweatshirt, a red sweatshirt, red gloves and my Painters hat. They should have taken a picture. It would have been pretty funny :)
So, Scott and Kelly picked us up about 10:30 am on Friday with Mary Ann... the speedster. We had a great time driving down to St George together. We picked up our packets at the rec center and then headed to the condo. We also made it over to the Running store and Bajio. The condo worked out great. It was big and beautiful. We had an amazining dinner with Kelli & Scott, Susuanna (Smooth)& Larry, Jon & Kelly, Leslie & Harold, Mary Ann & her friend Rachel, Coleen (Sunnyrun) & Dave, Kellie & Tyler (popped in) and David & me. Everyone was SO great. The next morning we were up and groggy but ready to race. We made it over to the convention center in plenty of time. *See race above* After the race we raced home to shower and then we were off to Outback for dinner. Kelli and I split a burger which was perfect and it tasted really great!!! After dinner we went for a walk in the strip mall and met Kelli and Tyler at the Chocolate Factory. I was feeling pretty horrible all post race, slightly nauseated, very loopy not hungry. We made one last stop at the St George Running Center and then we went home. The dive home was great fun and uneventful. This was an awesome road trip!!! ** I just entered my official results for the race :) I finished 99 in my age group. I find this pretty cool as it WAS NOT a tripple didget number :) I have got plenty of room for improvement and I am very excited about that :)
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