Thursday, October 7, 2010
Monday, October 4, 2010
Race Report
It was a very cold morning when the alarm went off at the Southampton Inn. Tom and boys stayed back in NYC and were going to drive out when they woke up and meet me at the finish line.
I met the team bus and shivered my way to East Hampton, watching the sun rise outside the bus window and listening to my race tunes on my ipod. I had a half a plain bagel with almond butter for breakfast and was very well hydrated. We pulled up to the Springs Street School and got to keep warm for a little in the school gym where they were holding registration. The idea became a little too popular and the race organizers kicked us all out into the school yard. The sun was warming but it was still sub-50 degrees out!
Soon enough it was time to line up, I finally located my running buddy, Kelly and we were off. I really tried to keep to the splits (nice and slow 5 miler/speed up a bit 5 miler/slam it out 5k) but every time someone would cheer or a good song came on my ipod, I could not help but speed up. Kelly kept me in check and she had to as the trees/pollen/air was giving her lungs a hard time and she needed me to keep to our pre-agreed long run pace of around 13 minutes. I was not going to leave her but felt my body pushing me faster so at times I was alone with her following just down the road. I ate two bags of sport beans and went through almost all four of my fuelbelt bottles of nuun. I felt great all the way to the finish, when Max jumped into the race and crossed the finish line with me. I cannot wait to see the race pictures! I was pretty sore in the knees right after the race and am a little achy in my hips from time to time but in general feel fantastic and very proud.
Time: 02:55:41
I am a half marathoner!
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