I'm not crazy...I'm just bored!!

Wow! In retrospect I had a really good run, but there were a few times I thought that my face was going to freeze off or that if I had to run through one more pile of snow I was going to quit.  However, I think it sent me on a high when Kelli said we finished the 1/2 course in 1:58. That for me is a personal best and the way I felt (like quiting at 7.5 mi) I know I could do better if I was healthy (got a cold thats stuck for about a week now) and it was reasonably warm. So, now my sub 1:55 goal at Myrtle is looking better and better! However, Kelli and the gang won't be there for me to chase, so we'll have to see how I do trying to push myself on my own. I just have to remember Kelli's words "your not breathing that hard" :) and push just a little harder.

As we ran south along the river I thought the trail was never going to end (obviously hit a wall) and then I saw Bangerter, and I knew we didn't have to go much past that. I expressed my excitement to Kelli who told me we were only 7.5. UGGGHHH! I thought for sure right then and there that there was no way my frozen knees, butt and hips were going to take another 5.5 miles! But I thought, well if you turn around now you'll still have to run back to your car and it will still be about 10 miles, so just keep going. Sometimes rationalizing works against you and sometimes it works for you, so I kept going. Then just a jaunt later (and with our backs to the wind and going a nice downhill) Kelli told me we were at 1:42, "great only 20 minutes a couple miles left!" Then she gave me the GREAT news that we were really at 11.5, I couldn't believe it and was so excited. I also knew my water was close. I picked up water (which had frozen over) and was ready for the downhill sprint to the finish, then the stupid snow came. The trail was covered with unplowed snow and even when you weren't walking you were at about that pace. The last 1.5 took us 16 minutes which wasn't our typical pace for the rest of the race, due to the snow. So, the whole point of this rambling comes to if it weren't for the snow I know we'd have finished in 1:56 or less. Wow, that impresses me so much I can't hardly stand it. For the rest of the group that was a pathetic slow pace I'm sure, but I felt great ... well at least now I do and thats what counts, right?