I hit the 2k left sign and I did a little dance of joy. I think I forgot 2k's is over a mile. Then it happened. I saw a hill. Boo! Luckily Eye of the Tiger came on right then and I had this Rocky surge of power. Until I got to the top. I kept saying what goes up must come down and after this I'm in the home stretch. Except the next big hill. Boo!!! Why oh why did I do this again? Luckily again a great song (Katy Perry's Roar) came on and I hustled my booty to finish. Something didn't feel right but I kept going. My tenacity (aka stubbornness) kicked in and I kept going. I was so close I had run two hours and five minutes what was ten more? A lot!
Finally I saw the end and I took off sprinting staring at the huge clock realising I was going to come in under my goal. I crossed the line and was that woman. I just stopped and bent over and put my hands on my knees and couldn't move. (You thought I was going to say I threw up didn't you? That came later...)
Sam and Max were waiting for me right at the end. I walked to them and saw their huge smiles (well Sam's, Max was sick and sleeping on Sam. Poor buddy!) I wasn't thirsty which should have been my first clue. I was dehydrated. I've been dehydrated one other time in life and it was just as awful. I spent the afternoon sick, I will spare you details but it wasn't pretty. Once I figured it out a couple hours later I began siping water and slowly came back to life. I was silly and just didn't drink enough prior, didn't drink at all the stations and got entirely too hot. I think I was so excited to be hot and enjoying the beautiful day my brain took a vacation.
I still feel a bit off tonight and my stomach isn't quite right, so maybe I have a bug too but either way I did it! I ran 13.1 miles (21k's) without stopping. I'm glad it's over and 24 hours later I feel proud of what I accomplished in this crazy season of life I'm in currently.
Here's some pictures from the day:
Dying. Absolutely dying but I finished!
Happy to be done! And I came in 124th ahead of 1190 people. Not too shabby for an oldie!
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