So I did a 10K today that was actually 5.7 miles. It's one thing to be .05 off on a course, but .5?????? Holy cow. I was pretty disappointed. And at the end a 5K ended with the 10K and they only had the 5K time showing so I have no idea what I run a 5.7 mile in let alone a 10K. Yeah. I'm frustrated. I'll have to wait until they get the results up on the web site and then I'll just see what my pace was so I can figure out how I want to train for the marathon and what I can expect out of myself. I had my garmin in my car and just forgot to put it on after I dropped my kids off at my sister-in-law's. I sure wish I would have worn it. I found out the course was short from about 5 different upset runners who didn't forget their garmins. For the first half of a mile I think I might have passed or been passed by a runner, but after that things didn't change until the last mile where I passed three or four guys. I saw two girls running in front of me the whole race, but I just didn't have the confidence to go after them. It made me think I should run more races. Maybe after I finish up this whole "having a family" thing I'll do that.
On a positive note, my mother-in-law, who is really going for best mother-in-law of all time, came to my race. She was standing on a corner about 4 1/2 miles in cheering me on. I was touched and motivated to see her there in her big, fluffy coat. She told me that when I ran by she turned to a lady that was close by and said, "That is my daughter-in-law. She has three little kids." She was just bursting with pride. It made me giggle in my heart - there's nothing too special about my running or my situation but its nice to have a Mom's pride in my life (:
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Comments
From Nan on Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 10:33:25 from 174.51.250.151
Yeah, I heard it was only 5.6 miles. Annoying. Sound like you pushed it hard anyway. You think you were 3rd then?
That is nice that you MIL supported you. She sounds like a sweetie.
From jess1 on Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 17:26:12 from 98.202.112.240
I just read runningafterbabies' account of the race. I thought I might have been 4th, but after reading what she wrote, who knows how far back I was. She sounded like she was going a lot faster than I would have been able to do. I'm glad she posted the real distance - now I'll be able to figure out what my pace was so I'll still have a good training marker.
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