The weather today was pretty nice (even though it was a little on the hot side). No rain, about 10 mph winds, 75 degrees and sunny. The wind was not a factor. The heat might have been a little bit of a factor, but not too much.
My race was solid. I didn't overrely on my garmin, but it does measure a little long (mine said I ran 13.23) so my mile splits are not exactly accurate. According to my garmin, my splits were 8:16, 7:47, 7:51, 7:56, 7:52, 7:54, 8:02, 7:47, 7:54, 8:23 (argh), 8:03, 8:34 (double argh), 8:00 and then the end at 6:47 pace. But of course, that's probably not exactly what my actual splits were, because at one point I hit the lap button at a mile marker (about 30 seconds off at that point, which I didn't put in my splits) just to see if maybe the weaving in and out of traffic added a little distance, but the next mile marker was still about 10-15 seconds after my garmin beeped. And after my 13th mile split, it measured .15 instead of .11.
Mile 10 I stopped for about 30 seconds so that I could actually drink some water instead of just spilling it all over my face and I stopped at mile 12 to do the same, I think for about 30 seconds. And that right there was the difference between meeting my goal and not.
Live and learn.
Not gonna lie. There's a part of me that's a little disappointed in my time.
But I'm pretty happy that my run was consistent. I know that I have to work on my endurance because the end was hard to maintain. And I'm pretty sure that I needed the water, so I can't blame myself for wanting to drink.
And then my TMI for today: as soon as I crossed the finish line, I got a sudden urge to pee. It was a few seconds before I realized that I actually WAS peeing. THAT has never happened to me. I tried standing still and that helped. I got to the bathroom a little too late, but I was able to hold most of it. I just rinsed myself off and then went outside to find my people. Gross.
I feel bad because I dropped my running partner like a hot potato at mile 6, but I'm glad I did. He finished just under 2 hours. My brother also ran through a knee injury. He thought he would run/walk, but ended up running the whole thing, albeit slowly.
But there are some other things that I'm really excited about. I was 15th in my age division. I was in the top 2.7% of women overall (I was 92nd out of 3340). So that's impressive. | 