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| This is EXACTLY how I look on my birthday. |
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| Just kidding. This is ACTUALLY how I look. Just not on my birthday. |
To celebrate, I want to give YOU something, Peeps. The Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon has made it possible for me to give away an entry for any one race in the series. This means you can choose from the 5k, 8k, 10k, Half Marathon, and Marathon. Pay attention to this next part, Peeps: If you already bought a race entry, I can't reimburse you, and I can't give you an entry into the whole series, just one race. Details for entry are at the bottom of this post.
I originally was going to post some bio info about me, since there may be some new readers this week, but something happened to me, and I want to know if it ever happened to you, too.
Saturday I ran my first race of the year, the Hop for Hope 10k in Peninsula. I LOVE 10Ks. The year I ran the Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon was freakin' SWEET(Click here to read about it). I hadn't signed up for any races before Cleveland, yet I've been in real training for the half in May. This is a first for me as I usually just run a lot, as fast as I can. Hey, I do yoga and strength training, too. Ok, I know I'm not smart. Anyway, I've been putting in more miles and doing concentrated speed work by the book, and I wanted to know if it would pay off.
The weather was perfect for my running today--40-ish but feeling like 30-ish. I run faster in colder weather. The race was in my 'hood, so I could get more rest before leaving the house. I watched my diet and my hydration. . . yadda yadda yadda. This was supposed to be my race.
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| This is EXACTLY how I thought I would look in the race. |
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| This is EXACTLY how I looked in the race. |
The siren went off, along with some fireworks (!), and I took off like a shot. It took me about half a mile to calm down to what I thought was a reasonable pace. Suddenly, in mile 2, I started feeling faint and nauseous, and my vision was blurrier than usual. My heart was palpitating, and I had trouble breathing. Now, I wasn't wearing my heart monitor, but the last time this happened to me was during a training run, and later I checked the data and noticed that at that moment my heart rate had shot up to 245 bpm. WTF. I knew what I had to do, but I was disappointed. I had to switch to running for two minutes and walking for one, something I have NEVER done in my life. I have never resorted to walking during a road race (except occasionally through the water line, but if I'm being serious at the race, I don't stop for the water).
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| Ok, I'm not a sloth, but you'll notice my time is about the same as the sloth's. |
I was able to come back in the last two miles, but at that point my race was over. I had the WORST. FINISH TIME. EVER. I just don't get it: I did everything I was supposed to do, and yet I had a sucky race.
I have always thought that a "sucky race" meant that I didn't make my goal time. I've never had this experience where, for no apparent reason, I feel like I can't even finish the race. Has this ever happened to you? Did you cut back on training (my husband's stupid suggestion) or did you just keep on keeping on? I'm curious to know, Peeps.
Well, I'm also curious to know who is going to win this giveaway! To enter, click the Rafflecopter and follow the instructions. May the luckiest runner win!
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Don't feel like taking your chances in the drawing? No worries, you can register right here. Don't want to run, but you want to share the fun and excitement? Click here to be a volunteer! We LOVE volunteers--they are the icing on our cake. Our runner's cake. Of pain. Ummm. . . That didn't come out the way I intended. Until you join me in Cleveland, run happy, Peeps!
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