I can't believe it is over!!!! Let me start by saying I am super proud of mysely today. It was not the best racing day for me. I started struggling by mile 3 and then by mile 10 I just wanted it to be over. That is little earlier.. don't ya think.
My asthma has been bugging me for the last week now... and Teena I have been staying on top of my meds. (I thought you would be proud of me)
My lungs were pretty tight most of the race and my legs were bricks but I am proud to say that I talked myself through it.
I spent the whole race really trying to be positive and focus on the great things about the marathon instead of the negatives.
Mile 1 dodging in and out of people
Mile 2 more of the same
Mile 3 reminding myself it is okay to not feel perfect today just stick with it
Mile 4 feeling pretty good talked myself through a rough spot
Mile 5-10 more of the same
Mile 10-17 Really struggling and singing a lot of primary songs. Was still able to keep an okay pace. I wanted to walk sooooo bad but didn't.
Mile 18-20 Felt really great and was able to pick up the speed a little. At this point I was also doing the walk 30 seconds at every mile marker. That really seemed to help me today.
Mile 20-23 still feeling pretty good but couldn't keep up the pace anymore. I was moving slower. Still doing the walk for 30 seconds at each mile marker.
Mile 23-25 Can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Singing some more primary songs to keep up my mood.
Mile 26 Started busting it out. The crowd was AWESOME!!! They really got me going
.2 I had to stop and walk twice.... Can you believe that? My quads started spasming so bad I couldn't keep running. I was a little bummbed I couldn't finish strong.
The volunteers at this race were so great... They would see my name on my bib and cheer me on by name. That helped so much.
The best part about today was my support system. My friend Renae came and cheered me on. I first saw her at mile 10 and then I saw her atleast 5 other times along the course. She would get in her car and drive to the next spot and get out and cheer me on. How great is that? I can not even believe how awesome she is.
Renae called my husband after she saw me at mile 10 and told him things were a bit rough for me. He gathered the kids and they all prayed for me. My family is really what got me through today. They are so supportive and encouraging of my hobby. They were all waiting for me at the finish line and my kids were so cute cheering for me. They were so darn excited and I loved it!
Well all in all I am really proud of myself. You tend to get out of Marathon day what you put into the training and for me I think I did even better than what I put into it. It has been really difficult to stay focused to my running during our move and while adjusting to our new lives. During training I just kept telling myself to "Fight for it" and that is exactly what I kept repeating to myself over and over again today.
Love to all my sweet blogging friends. Miss you all!
Peace out.. this girl is going to sleep!!! Till next time "fight for it" !
1797 out of 14,192 finsihers
49 out of 715 in my age group
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