Race For The Cure

Yeserday morning was the Susan Komen Race for the Cure. This isn't the race I have been training for, but I thought it would be good practice and I was supposed to run 3 miles anyway as part of my training. Usually I sign up to do the fun walk with friends. I did a lot better than I thought I would. I am very proud of myself. The race was a 5K and I ran it in under 30 minutes! They haven't posted the resultson hte internet yet, but I will definelty post it here once I find out.

I was supposed to get out of bed at 6:30 yesterday morning. This would have given me enough time to shave my legs, get dressed and get to the race site (Fresno State) by 7:30. The female timed race started at 8 am. I was to lazy and just lied there until 7:05 when I finally decided to drag my ass out of bed. There was no time to shave my legs, I had to deal with some hairy gams. The entire morning I kept checking out every body's shaved legs (even some men!) and was super self conscious of my own. I am sure it wasn't that bad, but the first thing I did when I got home was I got in the tub and shaved them.

During the race, I thought I was going to die the first 0.5 mile. I have been doing most of my training at night, so 8 am was a little difficult for me. But I knew if I didn't finish the race without stoppin/walking I would have to run at night to get my training in. I kept running. It wasn't until I got to mile 2 that I got some energy to pick up my pace. It might have been my ego, whatever it was I started passing people. Let me tell you, what a fabulous feeling that is! I was in pain but I didn't care. I would get my sight on someone and think, should this person be able to run better than me? The answer would be no, so I would pass them. I tried to sprint the last 100 feet or so, but I couldn't give anymore. Regardless, I am still very proud of myself! I think this gave me the motivation to train harder for my 10K coming up on Thanksgiving Day. I even contemplated going back to one of my old dreams of running a marathon...