After being signed up for the Ogden Marathon I wasn't sure if I was to actually run it. I hadn't done a ton of training and then a few weeks ago it looked like I had to work over the weekend. About a week and a half ago a co-worker asked if she could switch me weekends. I couldn't beleive it! Not only had I not been doing long runs, I had stopped worrying about running . I didn't want to tell her no, because I want to switch her next month to go up for the Ultra in Salmon. So, now I didn't have to work with not the best marathon training. I decided to go ahead and run just to see how it'd go. I heard a friend (Claudia) was running an easy pace so I talked to her about running with her.
I did not sleep at all the night before! We were in the camp trailer. Marlin had cancelled the room because I had decided not to run earlier. I knew I was tired when we were up at the start hanging around the fire pits.
I didn't see Claudia when it was time to start. I saw Karen Smith and knew she'd be pushing the pace, so I didn't want to run with her. My goal was just to cover the course at an easy pace. I did actually see someone else I knew (Idonna) just as the race was starting. Long story short is we just ended up starting together and kept running. I think it was around mile 8 we saw Claudia. I was so glad to see her! All three of us girls ran together until around mile 18 or so. My feet were killing me!!! I've never had issues with my shoes or feet hurting. Claudia was doing great so she kept alittle bit ahead every now and then. After about mile 20 it was back to me and Idonna. It was great running with her up until mile 25. Her son was there to meet her and run in with her. I was more than happy to cut back (plus, I was tired) so that they could have their time going in. I stopped and walked for a titch. What a great thing for them to do together. The only thing that mattered at that point for me was to finsh ahead of the 4:30 pacer. So, I was super shocked when I saw the pacer with a tenth of a mile to go. As I looked over my right sholder, there he was, the pacer! We crossed the finish line together. Just disappointed we didn't make it under by 43 seconds.
So, even with the lack of training and not a very impressive time. I was glad I ran. After the race is when the real adventure happened. After finishing I immediatly saw Marlin. Then I ran into Karen, Scott, Idonna, Claudia and Cindy in the runners correl as I was leaving to go where Marlin was. Once, I got done talking I found Marlin at the bag pickp. I wanted some ibuprofen so we went over to the medical tent. After Marlin got me some he was talking to someone else he knew. I guess I started to look pale. He made me go into the medical tent. Low and behold my blood pressure was down to 100/60. I just hung around there alittle. I knew I was alittle light headed, but didn't think I felt that bad. I think it was just due to not drinking enough on the course and lack of sleep. I sure slept good last night!!!
Results:
Overall: 1430 out of 2530
Women: 610 out of 1241
F 50-54: 22 out of 69
Age/Grade: 61.82% Place: 435
Finish: 4:30:43 Pace: 10:20
Tag Time: 4:30:43
Gun Time: 4:32:35
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