Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Race Recap - I Ran Like An Injured Girl

I forget why I don't like big races until we start and then remember, crap the crowd. I think it was something like mile 4 before the masses started to thin out and you weren't running into people. It's so hard for me to get a good pace going.

Pre-race, my 13 mile runs came in at just under 2:15. Not fast but with walk breaks I was happy with that. For the race I was hoping to beat 2:30 with the crowd and the hills. At mile 7, when I pulled a thigh muscle I was just praying to finish. Pain for 6.1 miles. I was disappointed because I wasn't tired and I was handling the hills well but the pain, ugh. I finished in 2:58:39. Under 3 hours, injured, well I can't be disappointed in that. Pain and all I enjoyed every single minute.

I think Nike did a great job with the race. I was disappointed with most of the race merchandise. Note to Nike - Not everyone has a long, thin torso and wide shoulders. Some of us are a little shorter and thicker, just saying.

I was told I would be hooked on the race and want to run it again. But I wasn't, could be the pain talking. It would be nice to have a pain free do-over. If I ran it again, I would want to be part of the Team in Training because that was where the excitement was on race day.

Probably wasn't wise to keep running but I came for the necklace and I wasn't leaving without it. I am still hobbling today but it's a small price to pay to say I finished.

Oh and Note to Self - if you run it again don't spend 6 hours walking around sight seeing the day before, just saying, might not have been a good idea.

6 comments:

phillips phamily said...

been waiting for the recap! glad you were able to finish, even though it wasn't an ideal situation. good for you and beautiful necklace!

Patience said...

I want to run a 1/2 marathon real bad, but everytime I start to train for it and the race gets closer, I injure myself. Good for you for completing the race. Hopefully someday soon I will post a race recap.

Pokey said...

I love your blog! Even though I've been out of blogville for a while....it is a great read :)

~Tessa~Scoffs said...

Congratulations. And good for you that you ran through the pain. I do know how it can slow you down though.

Aka Alice said...

Everything you said is true, true, true.

Glad you finished and that you had some fun. The bling is nice and yes, the TNT peeps are EVERYWHERE!

Take some time to heal.

Southbaygirl said...

I'm so glad you finished! It may not have been the tie you wanted-lately my races have fallen into that category-but you ran, you finished and you got the necklace!!!!!

GREAT JOB!!