I met at Bingham at 5:00am to run our half marathon route. The others there were Cheris, Michelle, Jody, Peggy and Mike. We started off and I ran pretty much with the group until about mile 1, when I wanted to take walking breaks to practice that. My right leg started hurting early which was a little concerning because it seemed like it was too early to be hurting and I didn't know why it should be hurting, it hadn't hurt before like that in a run. I was thinking of just cutting the run short because of that, but I guess by about mile 4 it started feeling better, so I decided to stick it out. I had lost the group totally by that point, and just figured I was on my own. Then I saw Cheris and Michelle at the Maverick on 104th So. and 40th West, they had stopped for a bathroom break I guess it was. I just plowed ahead because I knew they would pass me at some point, which they did a mile or two down the road. I heard all this laughing behind me like they were having a fun time. I on the other hand at that point wouldn't have been up to talking too much. I plowed ahead and was just happy to finish the run in one piece and to have all the big running behind me (until the marathon, of course.) Now for the TAPER!! |