I didn't make my ULTIMATE goal of a 10K under 60 minutes. HOWEVER, all things considered (illness this past week, leg injury & lack of sleep) I did SO much better than I expected and faster than I've ever actually run 6.2 miles!
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I woke up at 5:30, before my alarm (crazy for me!) this morning. I popped an Aleve and jumped in the shower. After I got out, my chest and back started hurting SO BADLY! I didn't even think about that Aleve I took - on an empty stomach. I writhed in pain for awhile then I ate a banana (detox oops #1), got my act together, finished getting everything to the car and off we went!
I had NO.PAIN running!! One whole week of pain, never easing up and yet this morning - no pain. I don't think I've ever been so happy in my life! I am looking forward to getting back to all of my workout classes this week (especially looking forward to yoga Tuesday!)
After the race, though, I did drink a chocolate milk (good recovery drink!, but detox oops #2) and took a few bites of a cinnamon chip roll (although I was so dehydrated, it felt like I was chewing sawdust!).
Then it was on to the 1 mile fun run with my girl! We've run a few "test" miles and I knew she would walk a lot of it. She did a FANTASTIC job, though, and fully deserves her first medal. She was SO proud of the medal and was breathing on it and "shining" it the whole way home. <3So what's next? Well, this week I am getting back to my training (cross training and easy running) and continuing my detox(es). I'm finding it easier and easier to function in the morning without coffee (crazy, I know!) and I haven't been craving sugar hardly at all! I don't know how much of this is due to the cold I have, but whatever the reason, I'll take it!
Here's to a great week and another successful race next weekend! Half marathon, here I come!!
Awww...thanks for the shout out!!! I wanted to quit so bad at 5 miles...and probably would have if you weren't there to keep me going!!
ReplyDeleteKelan loves his medal too! He keeps saying, "Where's my clanging thing?" He likes that it makes noise when he bangs it on stuff! We were at the back of the fun run. I thought, "Why do I hear a truck?" Oh...that's the race truck...and it's about to run us over...lol! My hip hurt SO bad during that fun run I almost diverted off the course and waited for them to finish! It's much better today though!