This morning was not a perfect race preparation morning. I slept late because I had been up late working the night before. Got up, checked the weather, decided what to wear and then it started to unravel. My husband is out of town again and my kids were fighting over crayons (why can't you ever have enough). Couldn't find my socks, any socks. I have tons of running socks and could not find a matching pair. Paula showed up and dropped off her daughter who was going to watch my kids and I ran out to go and then realized I had forgotten my gloves and ear warmer. Ran back in, grabbed my stuff and this time we left. We met up with Kim and her husband early and visited with her and Brent & Sylvie. We headed out to line up and were ready to start. I had a rough start. I could not get going. Finally, got into a rythm at about the 1 mile mark. The had an aid station at around 2 miles and I went to grab a drink and ended up with gatorade. I have not had good experiences with gatorade in the past and new better than to drink it but I did. Took only a couple of sips and then about 2 mins later, up it came. I still felt okay and really felt pretty good until about 4.25. I really started to fade here. I was tired and had no fuel. I hung in there and started feeling a little bit better at about 5.75 and then started to push a little towards the finish. At the the 6 mile mark, I could feel a girl just a step behind me so I picked it up a little. She did too. It became a sprint to the end and it was very close at the end. I was in the chute first so I am saying I beat her.
After I finished, I went up and met Kim and we cheered in Jennifer, Paula and Sylvia. The FRB was well represented today. Everyone did really well and it was great to get to meet them and visit for a while.
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