My first race report! I am happy to say I beat my previous PR by 12 minutes! I was sad that I ended up running alone. I was looking forward to running with at least Michelle and Lybi, and possibly Christi. Due to unforeseen circumstances, I ended up alone. I didn't even think to bring my mp3 player along. It was fun to see what I could do with my very own willpower though. I don't remember what was going through my mind with every mile and every turn. I do know that on every hill I was saying, "too many up hills! wasn't prepared for this!" I didn't ever end up talking to anyone along the way except for one older man who wasn't liking the up hills either. He chatted with me for about 30 seconds and then kindly bid me farewell and good luck as he left me in his dust.
One highlight of the run is when the ones in the lead had to backtrack past us and I was lucky enough to slap a high five to the hubby! It made me kind of the celebrity in that little pack for a minute when they all found out he was my husband and he was rippin' up the course! (check out his race report if you haven't already!) At mile 10 Tom gave me a quick call on the cell phone and said he had done it in 1:23...he would have been happy with 1:27! Way to go Tom! Anyway, I wasn't real chatty on the phone at the moment and quickly said goodbye. Around mile 12 I started feeling a little pooped out. It was there that I saw Sasha coming toward me with someone else. I yelled out to him that I was probably the last FBR dude or dudette on the course. Maybe not the best thing to do...Sasha quickly turned around and was my personal coach the rest of the way. He made me do the low five thing. I told him I would do it once but that was all. When I did it I didn't know if I was going to make it beyond that. I told him, "I can't!" He said, "I can't is a swear word." So I told him, "OK, then I just swore!" He continued with the Bingo, ta ta ta ta ta... ! Tom showed up shortly after to offer his help too. He has had Sasha helping him through a tough race before also, so he knew how I was feeling. Anyway, Tom and Sasha had to fade away just before the finish line and I came through the very quiet crowd at the finish line. raised my arms and told them to "give me something!" So they all started cheering for me and giving my the high fives! There was a crowd of us coming in at that time and they messed up the lines a bit. Some that came in about 2 or 3 minutes behind me got in front of me in the number take off chute. There were plenty of people that wanted to cause a big ruckus, but I don't think we had much in us at that point to do much about it. So my official time is 2:05:43, but because I was in the middle of the pack when we started and the ruckus at the end I am saying 2:05 even. I feel very good about my effort and am thankful to everyone who has helped me make it this far, especially Tom and even Sasha!
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