Race Day

I finally got to run the race today! I ran the prescribed 10 miles 8 days before the race and I felt great, but today I ran on a trail so I felt completely different. The trail was completely made of mud with some standing water. I felt like I was walking with tennis shoes on solid ice slipping and sliding the whole way. Even though is was really difficult to run, it took my mind off of exhaustion and I just focused on standing up. Williamsburg always provides for rainy days, but I usually run on the road so I was completely caught off guard by the sloughy mud. All in all it was a great race right by a river. I got to run the first 10 miles with my friend Jen, but from mile 2-12 my feet were asleep so I had to slow down and I let her push forward without me. I was very excited to hear the finish line and then was even more happy to see it!

I cannot really feel my legs right now, but I had a great time! I will be training for another race soon!

Hills

Running in Williamsburg is easy compared to Richmond. I never realized how many hills are around my house until I started training near the coast. Hills make me tired much quicker and I am easily overwhelmed by these small mountains. I can always get to the top of the peak, but once I am there I cannot breathe as I am coming back downhill. It usually takes me a longer time to cool myself down after running up a steep incline. I do not like that it makes my downhill experiences less enjoyable. I am SO glad that my race is near a river...meaning that I have already looked at photos from the race and they are all flat. YES!!

I still have not decided whether if I can run this full distance but now with the extra added pressure from my cousin and his wife, who will be running alongside me, I will have a push to finish faster!