Thankful 13

Like I have said many times... life has been crazy...but I am finally sitting down to look at what has been going on...  Last post I wrote, I was doing Insanity again... and then I got back to a little running... 

On Thanksgiving Day I had my 2nd Half Marathon, and I was nervous... it was cold... I have never run in the cold... and the route was pretty flat... with a few hills... During my training for this I hadn't really done a whole lot... mostly treadmill runs, which if you follow me, you all know how much I HATE them.... but I just couldn't get out and do them on the pavement... I continued to have some foot issues, but I wrapped my foot and that mostly helped out a bit...  I never got to my long runs on Friday's so I was in for a real treat come race day!

And to top it off.. I came down with strep throat the week before my race.. literally, I went into insta-care the Thursday before my race... the dr. told me to go home and rest and I should be fine by race day... and when race day came... I felt much better... but was it...??

It was FREEZING Thanksgiving morning... My husband dropped me off and I had to find a running buddy that was kind enough to pick up my packet, since I didn't get to Utah till Wednesday night... (call me crazy, I know...)

Started off pretty well... and then I started to think, "What am I doing, I didn't even prepare well enough for this." I saw the 5k turn off and I wanted to just turn off there and go back... but I didn't... I continued on... slow.... awfully slow... it was miserable!!!  I ran a big chunk of the race, but then had to keep stopping.... and I ran most of the race by myself... I had a few friends along the way but they forged ahead... my foot was hurting, my whole body hurting.... I wanted to give up....

I think I walked the last 3 miles maybe... I was in so much pain... I kept trying to pushing myself to run, but I just didn't have the energy... I had lost so much in that small amount of time I stopped running... I found my friend Kristen, and she saved the day for me... she pushed me through those last 3 miles... she was also sick, and not feeling well... and at the very end we pushed each other to run to the finish line.... I finished at 3:05... Not too bad.. with all my setbacks... I wanted to do a better time than my first half marathon, but looking at all the facts it just wasn't in the cards for me to do better... I am grateful for completing another race... just more experience in the books...

I honestly have to say, if this had been my first race, I don't think I would have ever run again.... it was pretty bad!! After I just wanted to go home and take a shower.... but thankfully I had an amazing race in July... that will be unforgettable...!

Amazing ladies!! Love you guys!

Picture with the Turkey!

Finish line...before the race!