Archive for May 2008
I finished a 1/2 marathon today!!!!!
I will write all about the marathon later b/c I can barely type right now. It went well, I ran the whole thing with 9 min. miles, and my finish time was 2 hours and 1 minute. I unfortunately decided to go to El Torito happy hour on Friday night and got food poisoning. Totally sucked and I can’t believe I was even able to run. I don’t even remember Sat. b/c I could not even stand up w/o intense stomach cramps and yesterday was the first day since Friday that I was able to eat or drink. Yesterday, I tried to eat and drink as much as my stomach could handle but I could tell during the race that I was really dehydrated. I know it really affected my time. I have never ran that long of a distance before, 13.1 miles, but it wasn’t really too hard until mile 12 and then my legs became so stiff I thought they would just collapse beneath me. Chris and my Mom were there and that really helped me get through the race. They cheered for me and they both woke up at 4:30am so that was special.
1 comment May 26, 2008
My New Running Group
So I have joined a new running group and it is really exciting. I have always been a long distance runner since I can remember. My mom was a runner and I would always watch her run since I was little so I guess I followed her footsteps. Well, she ran the L.A. marathon like 10 years ago and she always holds it over my head that I have not ran it yet. So I thought joining a running group would motivate me to train harder in order to run that long of a distance.
So when I showed up for the 1st day of the running group I guess I was prepared to be out ran by marathon/tri-athlete people but I was wrong. All of those years running 4-6 miles every other day had paid off because I was leading the running pack. I was even faster than this girl who was 17 and that made me feel great.
They all are almost OCDC on their running times which was funny. They wear these big wrist bands that track their distance and running speeds. I haven’t timed myself since high school and I am really just glad that I can still run long-distance. They actually have “fun” races where you try to guess how long it will take to run a certain distance and then you actually run that distance to see if you were right at your guess.
Another funny thing is that you have to wear “team uniforms” to run in the races you enter and they are in the same colors of my old high school colors which were Black and Gold (awful). Plus, the uniform is really skimpy and I am more into wearing soccer shorts and a t-shirts than booty shorts and a sheer tank top.
The great thing about the group is there are a lot of inspirational older folks who are in their 60’s and 70’s and they are still running marathons!!! Last night I went to a 70th birthday party for this running group guy who has run all 22 L.A. marathons and is still running in marathons to this day. He looked like he was 50.
My 1st of many races to come is in two weeks. I am going to run the Laguna Beach ½ marathon. Chris is going to go to give me water on the sidelines. Wish me luck!!!
1 comment May 16, 2008
