Work will win when wishy washy wishing won't

Last night when Tom and I went to bed we thought about getting up and getting some miles in before he went to work.   But we said that if we woke up and heard that nasty SF wind that we would continue to sleep and get our miles in later.  We heard the wind....so we slept!  

When I went out after getting the kids off to school I was glad we hadn't ventured out in the dark with how slippery the roads were.  Back to winter for a few days.  I guess Mother Nature got confused between a lamb and a T-Rex because March came in like a lion and is leaving like a T-Rex!  

I ran 3 miles and then had to get my dog to the vet.  Spent a bunch of money on him there and booked him a kennel for spring break.  (He's not going to like his spring break very much.).  I came home and ran to the school to put some PTA notes in the teacher's cubbies and finished off another 3 for a total of 6 today.

Yesterday I had them announce in Relief Society that anyone who wants to start up on a walking/running/wogging program to meet at my house this morning.  Zero, (besides myself), showed.  Where is their commitment?  
 

9:00 P.M.:  Better late than never and better 3 than 0!  

Early morning run with Tom, nice temps, no snow, no wind!  The moon was a tiny sliver coming up over the mountain.  Saw a few others out and about.  We warmed up with 2 miles then Tom did 2 faster miles to my 1 1/2, then we finished up with one to get us home. 

When we are out in the dark Tom wears a reflective vest and I wear this really cool head lamp with red lights.  I have fun making it bob around good when cars are coming towards us.  We also found out it is fun to look at cats with it.  Their eyes glow bright red back at us!  One cat gave us a little startle today.  I let out a little delayed reaction scream that may have upset some sleeping residents.  Gotta keep things eventful.

I am excited for Strider's on Saturday.  I think I am more excited for Tom's race than mine.  He is going for a make it or break it race!  He is going to go all out from the beginning and hold on for dear life.  He will either have a great PR or bonk!  I have a feeling it will be it will be a great PR!

As for myself, I am not making any big goals.  I hope to make it respectable, but I have never ran this course so I have no idea how it will be.   

Tom will say we ran 3 "easy" miles.  I just call them miles, not necessarily "easy", but not really hard either.  It's just that our "easy" is different from each other.  The morning was beautiful again.  I am really hoping for a beautiful morning Saturday!  I realize that the starting line for Strider's is up in the canyon and the elevation will be higher, but I'm hoping anyway! 
 

One lowly little mile in prep for tomorrow's 1/2 marathon.  I sure am praying that the weather isn't too terrible!
 

Woo Hoo! Under 2 hours for me! I was hoping to get close to Painter's time, (2:05:something), but had heard many people tell me this was a more difficult course. So I really would have been happy with anything around 2:05!

I was very pleased as we headed out in the morning that it wasn't quite as terrible as the weatherman had predicted. In fact it was just perfect! However at the starting line I still heard a lot of whining about the cold! I figured they must be from somewhere really warm, but I asked them and they said they were from Bountiful. They must not have been running outside much this winter or they would have appreciated it!

I pretty much ran most of the race alone. There were some nice people along the way to help pump me up when needed! One girl in particular, Kambria, (hopefully she will join in on the blog), pulled me along at times and I was able to pull her along at times.

The hills and wind on the last few miles were definitely not fun! But I kept thinking of two people in my life who are not able to get out and run, (but both of them would if their circumstances would let them)! I kept going for them!

I ended up stripping down to just the singlet on top. I got pretty heated up. But not long after ditching the long sleeves the wind kicked in really good. I was happy to have Tom at the end with a sweatshirt all ready for me. The end weather was way worse than at the beginning.

My average pace ended up being 8:58 with my splits as follows...

8:29, 8:04, 8:19, 8:39, 8:26, 8:44, 8:42, 8:59, 9:33, 10:01, 9:44, 9:26, 9:28

It was fun to stay up there and be with the blogger gang again! Everyone is so nice! The speedsters all talk to me and encourage me just as they do each other! It was so fun to come running into the finish line with lots of people cheering for me and yelling my name! Thanks to everyone for your encouragement and support!

Oh ya, I wanted to add that I was quite disappointed not to get a medal around my neck for finishing. I thought all half marathons did that. But I was informed that Painter's is just lucky because they have Steve Hooper adding so much to the race. A big thank you to Steve and the St. George Running Store for providing so much to the races down there in St. George!

Addition,(mostly for my information): I just looked at the results. I came in 253 out of 435 finishers. That means there were 182 behind me. But I was 82 out of 197 in female finishers. That means there were 115 women behind me!