I was sooo excited that morning. I literally skipped out of the house after I kissed DH and baby good bye. My best friend had to drag her BF out of bed to get him to come and take pictures, but he was there, although he slept in the car for most of the race. He took a picture of us before and as we crossed the finish line. You will see that I blurred out my friend’s face as I don’t like posting other people’s pics but my own online.

There were a lot of runners when the gun went off and people just seemed to shoot off past us. There was a small group behind us and sometimes they would occasionally walk. At the 2.5 mile mark, I really wanted to walk. This is kind of disgusting, but whenever I increase my mileage, I get mucousy and just really need to get rid of it. That happened during the run and I ran by the grass and got rid of it. Along the way I noticed that other people apparently have the same problem, but don’t bother spitting in the grass (yeck!!) Anyway, my best friend was battling her own demons in the form of a side stitch. I asked her a couple of times if she wanted to walk,but she gave a firm and hearty no, so we kept going.

We saw the finish line in site and the clock read 35 minutes. I couldn’t believe it. I said “Does that say 35 minutes??!?!” We were shocked because while training, it took us both at least 12-14 minutes to do a mile, so we figured we’d be in at about 45 minutes. That gave me renewed energy, so I said “Let’s try and make it before 37 minutes!” and I took off. There was a man at the finish line with a bullhorn and I couldn’t hear what he was saying, but for some reason I thought he was tellnig me to slow down. So I did a little bit, thinking that he was thinking that I was going to overdo it. Then my dumb ass got confused about which finish line to go through. How did I not know that there were 2? One for walkers and one of runners. So my best friend ended up zooming past me a second ahead of me. Not a biggie, but I have to laugh at my stupidity.

 

Ug, I realize how big I am next to my friend whenever we take pictures together. Isn’t she tiny? Oh well, one day maybe :) Thanks for listening and the encouragement :)