This will be long, but I need to document and maybe somebody has some insight. Yesterday after the dentist I didn't feel well but headed into work. Tried to eat a granola crisp and then some chex mix. Still not feeling well, one of my employees had Chineese and it looked really good. Ordered Pei Wei and went to eat and one bite and I knew I was in trouble. I left early and went home. Slept for 2 hours and then spent the next 2 laying on the floor wishing I would just throw up and feel better. Took a while, but done and over the course of the evening, I started feeling pretty good and had some dinner around 8:30. At this point I was still not sure what my plan was for in the morning but decided I would see how the night went. I chalked the nausea up to too much tylenol. Woke up this morning, tired but feeling okay. Got dressed and headed to the race. I decided to run the first half at 8 min pace and then pick it up at the turn around. Warmed up for a mile with Lindsey and felt good. Lined up and the lead group took off. I am usually pretty comfortable running my own race but today I was on my own the entire time and there was no one even close until the last mile. Had water at mile 2 and then NUUN at 3.5 (my one complaint about the race is the water stops - none at the turn around!). Was feeling okay but not great but this is normal for me, I usually feel better the second half. Avoided getting sprayed by a skunk at 2.5. Got to the turn around and no water - took the GU with out water and was surprisingly okay. I started to pick it up a little, but never really got to where I wanted to be. I was not feeling good at all, the breathing was off, the legs were tired and I was on count down to the end. GU & Water at 9.5 and the water again at 11. I actually started to feel somewhat better the last two and ended up picking off a guy. Finished with 1:43:14 which is a honest course PR, the only faster half's I have are at Hobble Creek. Hung out with everyone for a while and then went to head home. My stomach started feeling a little rumbly the last 15 min I was there. Got in the car and went to call my husband who is on a college visit with my son and he couldn't believe I ran after yesterday's mess. I told him I missed last week's long run and I needed to get it done. Started not feeling well here, and it was down hill home. The 30 min drive was horrible. The nausuea was back and my stomach was a mess and all I wanted to do was get home. I made it within 10 min of my house and had to pull over and throw up. 10 min later I pulled in and still do not feel good at all. Fever, nausea and an entire day that I get to spend chasing my girls to volleyball. After the race I was convince that I am not in the shape I thought I was and that I really need to get my act together. Now I am not so sure.... My Saturday runs have been at a faster pace over a longer distance but today was hard. So the question is how much of today's race was off due to being sick or out of shape? Splits: 7:48, 7:58, 7:46, 8:06 - water, 7:59, 8:00, 7:52, 7:53, 7:48, 8:04 - water and almost hit by a car crossing a street, 8:03 -water, 7:56, 7:49, 6:28 for the last .1
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