mmmmmmm............Not sure what to say about today. I have dreaded signing up for this race because I knew I was not in good shape but kept telling myself it was a long Saturday run. It was a very good thing my brother picked up my packet or I would have switched to the 5k. Road over with my BBK group and waited for the start. I was hot right from the start and ended up taking off my base layer at the 1 mile mark - quite a humiliating process. I stayed with the group until the 4 mile mark and the zoomed up the hill and I did not zoom up the hill but still passed people on the way up and did not get passed. I saw Michelle Lowery on the trail around mile 6 and ran with her for a while. Thank you Michelle for chatting with me and being so sweet! I really do not mind the country club loop but today was tough. I really did not feel good from miles 8-10 and pretty much wanted to quit - the race and running both. I took another GU at the 10.9 water stop and it really helped me with the last two miles. They were tough but not like miles 8-10. Finished in 1:49:08 - 1 minute slower than last year. Interesting. I feel much more out of shape then I did last year but the race felt very similar. Most the others finished about 5 minutes minutes ahead of me and that is probably the true assessment of how much I have lost since the marathon. I have a lot of work ahead of me this year and the balance between how much training is too much or not enough is going to be difficult to measure but I am determined to do better at this in 2010 so that I can avoid burnout. Ave Pace 8:22 Happy Running!
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