I needed a portable breakfast, so I decided on a banana, some Naturally More, all wrapped in my favorite La Tortilla Factory...I have to admit many of you were right about Naturally More Peanut Butter. It's creamy and the nutrition facts are killer!! But hey this is about my race.
STARTING LINEA. Got lost trying to get there
B. Ended up jogging a 1/2 mile to the start...not good when you are trying not to over run!
C. Made it to start line as someone said "ONE MINUTE"
D. Couldn't find any of my fellow bloggers
E. Mile 1 swallow pride and decide that I needed to walk as much as possible in the first part of the race, so I could let it rip later.
I walked roughly every other mile for a while...then I hit 5.5 and it was like GAME ON!!! I took of at a roaring 7:40 pace and ended up pounding out some fantastic miles. I made myself walk again at 9.5...but I couldn't handle it for long, so at 10.1 I fired up the turbo boosters and headed for the finish!!
This motely crew was there, but I couldn't find them all!! KimPossible, Doug, NikeMom...aren't they cute!
Here I am all happy and snug in my car, finally out of the wind and sharing a special moment with FLASH.
When I got home the cold had chilled me and I just could do an ice bath...so I did a hot bath with epsom salts!!! I think this was a great alternative.
Here are how my miles broke down...so you can see I had a little trouble making myself walk, but I did good...and FEEL GREAT!Mile 1: 11:49
Mile 2: 9:53
Mile 3: 13:38
Mile 4: 9:51
Mile 5: 12:19
Mile 6: 9:58
Mile 7: 8:34
Mile 8: 8:35
Mile 9: 8:40
Mile 10: 11:53
Mile 11: 9:12
Mile 12: 8:45
Mile 13: 8:09
Mile... .27??Yeah i think I started before I got to the finish mat 2:18
Final time 2:13
Previous PR: 1:55
First every 1/2: 2:07
So you know what...for a come back from not being able to run at all 4 weeks ago I FEEL DARN GOOD!!
Lunch was an Amy's breakfast burritio. At 380 cals, I wouldn't normally eat that for a frozen food...but once again they proved me WRONG. It was sooo freaking good and really filling. Plus it had tofu, so that gave me all kinds of ideas which I really needed!!
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Gratitude Journal
April 4
My heart is ready to burst with so much gratitude for my life, for my legs, for my hubby, for my friends...so suffice to say I'm GRATEFUL TODAY!
42 comments:
Way to go on the half! You did awesome!
I really like Amy's bean and cheese burritos. I have them periodically for a quick lunch! I've never had the breakfast burritos, though.
YAY for race day! Nice time especially with the walking. Makes me sad I missed it. Ohhhh Amy's, I had an Amy's meal for lunch today. Well, congrats on the race!!
awesome! i too am going to run a half pretty soon that is going to be FAR from a PR, but i'm happy to see that it was still tons of fun and you had a great day! you will be my 'take it easy!' role model for charlottesville!
You seriously rock girl!!! Way to go speedy!!!
Congrats!!! Glad you had a good race. Darn that wind though, there wasn't much yesterday or Thursday and then it reappeared with full force. BTW - your race time is pretty impressive!! :)
Way to go!!! Sounds like a smart race and a great day.
What a great job! You stuck to the plan and it paid off. Congratulations!!
Way to go! Nice time and nice job for running a smart race!
YAYYYYYYYYYYYYY! wowwowowow you did GREAT! super soaring over all expectations! i'm sooo happy for you that you felt so good and ran so well. SO PROUD! and that pic up top? SO CUTE, hehehe.
HAHAHAHAHAHA this is LACEY. posting under elliot. SORRRRYR!
LOL sorry i have been cracking up and elliot is NOT amused, so i had to log in under myself and leave yet another comment. HAHAH i am dying laughing.
AMAZING!!
Congratulations - I was thinking about you this morning as I was running (in ridiculous winds as well) - so so so glad to hear it went well!
Awesome job! Smart race!
You did a wonderful job. Look at the time too, you wouldn't think you weren't able to run 4 weeks ago!
way to go girl!!! I WANT THAT BURRITO!!!
Take that picture down! That is horrible! LOL!
Great job on your time for WALKING...Glad you had a great race. Sorry we missed you. Nikemom is fun and you really would have loved her. There will be a next time though.
you did great!!!! How does naturally more compare to nutty?congrats on the great job
Nice job! That looks yummy!
WTG - that is so hard to start slow and finish FAST.
I will try and use your strategy next month.
Great race report.
Great Job!
La Tortilla Factory is Yum-O!
Congratulations on your race!!!! Glad you had a chance for a redo, and that your legs were happy to let you run!
Awesome job! You rocked it!!! Congratulations, I am SO glad that you were able to have a successful race. All that hard rest time paid off!
woooo great job girl!!! way to hold back when you needed to but also YAY for the great running!!!! glad you are feeling so great!
THAT'S AWESOME!!! So glad it went well! You had a great time, too!!
Great job! I bet that is almost impossible to make yourself walk in a race if you're feeling good. Way to go!!
congrats!! you look so happy :)
I'm so glad you had such a fabulous run and that you knew you needed to walk some and just did that. I'm sure that was hard when your heart just wanted to let go and run!!! You look so happy in the pics! Congrats.
WOW! It doesn't seem like you walked at all, unless you were a racewalker back in high school or something! Congrats on the race and you should know better than to doubt Amy!
Congratulations!! Way to go on a strong HM :)
Once again, great job!! :D
way to go! that's an awesome running comeback. lots of great running experiences for everyone today!
I'm so proud of you for not pouring it on for the entire race! Great job!!!
Way to go!!!! Congratulations!!!
So glad you were able to get out there and do it. Yay!!!
Great job on the race!!
Glad you made it and had a good day! Sounds like fun.
Congratz on your half! I think you did awesome!
WHOOO!!! I'm so glad you were able to run a strong race! Awesome job!
Awesome! Glad to hear that you are feeling good.
Wooty woot!!! How'd the headphones work out?
Great job on the half! What a great time and way to battle back from not feeling so hot!
And whoa! I've never seen the breakfast burrito! I heart Amy's brand of regular burritos so I'm gonna have to check it out!
Woohooo! That's a fabulous time considering all the crap you've had to go through lately, be proud. :)
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