All month long since the ACS run, I haven't been able to get out running since I've been busy with school and work. So two days ago, in order to get a long run in before next week's 12.5 mile run, I decided to go for a 10 mile run.
I felt sore yesterday but today when I woke up for Crazylegs, I felt even more sore. My quads were killing me! Oofda...this is gonna be interesting.
Joshua and I got up and did our separate rituals when getting ready for a race. Joshua on the couch playing video games. Me eating my cereal and stretching out, especially those quads.
We left a little bit early from our apartment since Joshua wanted to go get some bananas from the store. As we were leaving the grocery store, Joshua started having problems with his contacts so we had to go back to the apartment for him to change into his glasses. I'm getting anxious cause I feel like we're gonna be late.
Time to go meet my friend Melissa and her sister-in-law Sarah near the finish so we could carpool it to the starting line. We managed to meet up with no problems and headed down to the starting area. I still had my parking sticker from my old TV station job that expired that day so I made good use of it and parked in the lot just a block away from the starting area.
The race started at 10AM and we got there around 10:30 but we still weren't late. Our wave still had not gone off. One of the people in our group had MM so we all started there but they were only on N at the time we arrived. We just hung around by the sidelines and stretched out and when we saw the MM wave go by, we just hopped into the back of the pack.
We figured out where we were going to meet right before our pack left the starting line. That would've been bad had we not figured that out considering there were over 12,500 runners and a couple thousand walkers.
So off we go! Running in MM, I got stuck behind a couple of slow people and couldn't pass in the beginning. We turned the corner and encountered the first uphill. This was where I was able to start passing people. I stayed by the outside so I could jump onto the sidewalk to pass then back onto the street.
I lost sight of Joshua but I wasn't worried. At mile 1, I felt someone poke me and I looked back and there was Joshua. We ran for a bit together until we encountered the BIG hill called Observatory Hill. That's where Joshua left me.
As I was going up that hill, I could feel my quads burning so bad from the run two days ago. But at least I ran it all the way up as I passed people who had to walk it. After that hill, I knew it was going to easy breezy from there...somewhat.
The next challenge was the turning point area. Seeing people running the opposite way was hard cause I knew I still had some ways to go before the turning point. I got jammed in this area since it was basically a trail, not a street so it was more of a tight squeeze to pass people.
Once I got back out in the open area, I was able to pass people again. Almost there. Mile 4. Only one more mile. The first 2/3 of that mile was somewhat easy minus the wind blowing in my face but as soon as I turned the corner for the last 1/3 mile, there was another hill to conquer.
I pushed myself up that hill, and as soon as I did that, I sprinted the rest of the way to the finish line. My time...45:57. Not exactly the best nor the time I wanted when I first signed up for the race. But after running those 10 miles two days ago and being super sore, that time was awesome!
Joshua had been done and was watching for me so we met up easily. We headed towards the meeting area to wait for Melissa and Sarah. Boy was it crowded. It took us at least 10 minutes to get to the spot.
I went and got some beer to rehydrate :) And went back to get some more for when Melissa and Sarah would meet us. By the time I got back, they were there already. Perfect timing!
Brrr...was it cold sitting in those stands. The wind just picked right up and the sun disappeared. We went back into the concession stand area to get more beer and to warm up. The beer was dwindling down. We were one of the last people to get another round of beers. We walked to the exit finishing up our beers and started the walk to Melissa's car to take us back to our car.
Once we got back to our apartment, Joshua got ready for work and I passed out. I woke up just in time to get ready for work and reluctantly left my to go close for 9 hours.
Second Crazylegs under my belt. Next year, I'm hoping to run closer to my first year's time.
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| Linda randomly caught me as I was running into the stadium. I'm the one in the blue. I guess it's easy to spot me when I'm one of the few Asians. |
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