As Taylor Swift says, "I will never, ever, ever, do the 15k again!". To say that it was hot is an under statement. The first half was hilly but at least was shaded, the second half was pure hell, heat included. The good thing was that there were lots of people to encourage you to keep going, and when you are at mile 6 or 7 you don't have a lot of options to stop. My nieces Heather and Emily and husband Doug did great, finishing pretty well ahead of me and my sister Susan. Susan did great, except for sending me on alone after mile 4. I understand where she was coming from, sometimes you just want to be alone to bitch to yourself about what the heck was I thinking when I signed up for this stupid race. Just to let you know she is an excellent dancer and a real crowd pleaser!
The best part of the weekend was being with family, now we have a common bond of stupidity. I will do the 5k next year ant least I will finish before the Kenyans and the beer lines will not be long, I may actually enjoy the after party!
I am still pretty careful with my back, I have not run since Sunday and will wait until my distance training on Saturday to try again. My butt feels a little twingy kinda like before so I am resting it. I am also trying to run the right way on my mid foot instead of my heel, it is supposed to put less stress on my back. It is hard to teach an old dog new tricks, but I am trying. I do not want the sciatic pain I had before. I am seriously thinking that after my half in Niagara Falls I may have to stick to 5 and 10k's, not sure but will see after the Disneyland races.
It is so hot here that running at 5:30am it is 75degrees, not fun for runners. Kinda glad I am resting the rest of the week, floating in the pool and trying to find air conditioning.
TTFN will be back soon.
Relax and enjoy your time off, you deserve it. You did great. You really can pace yourself AND refrain from dancing. The 5k may be a possibility for me but I am thinking it's just not worth the hassle. There are lots of 5k's and I can bring my own beer and make my own party with a boom box, hahaha remember those, I might still have one that we can stick cassettes in and listen to Stevie Wonder sing "isn't she beautiful" and know that he is singing about us.
ReplyDeleteGlad to see you here again. Perhaps for my sake you could visit more often.