Sorry for the late report, it has been way too hard to be both
Mom and Dad this past week. I wanted to
write a great report that told all my feelings during the race but I will settle
with a few things that I learned from the race.
First of all I already knew that I had the best sister in
the world but this weekend verified that.
Kimmy (Hickgirl) stayed with Nick for the whole race even when his foot
started hurting and they were forced to walk a lot! I love her so much and I am sure Nick does
too!
Second, Karma is real and it will bite you in the butt! Right at the very spot I yelled at Kimmy last
year for going too slow is where I started to fall apart. I have learned my lesson and I will never
take for granted feeling good in a marathon.
No matter how hard you train you can still have problems arise!
Third, Smooth is so fun to run with. When I was at my lowest point, she tried to
talk me through it. She sang to me and
made me laugh (at least on the inside at this point there was no laughing to be
had on the outside). I love her so much. Brad was also so kind I had to yell at him to leave me because he wouldn't go. I am glad he left I would have hated to mess up his race too!
Forth, running with cute teenage boys makes the miles go by faster
for a while any way. If you want proof
look at my race photos.
I will list my spits for posterity although I would like to
forget them:
9:03, 8:54, 8:50, 8:25, 8:33, 8:48, 8:20, 10:23, 9:12, 9:29,
9:26, 10:05, 8:48, 11:02, 8:53, 9:48, 9:40, 12:21, 13:07, 10:21, 10:18, 11:47,
12:29, 10:04, 13:44, 11:20
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