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For those of you who don't know, Pat, dh and I ran Detroit yesterday. Here's a brief, for me report. FOrgive the lack of pix, but my camera is still on my number belt.
I really am happy with what I did yesterday. I bombed a bit at the end, but that means I gave it all I had. I eased back when I started feeilng my one knee because the uneven pavement was adding up, but the tunnel from mile 8 to 9 was very level and nothing really hurt again after that. I learned 3 new lessons in the tunnel.
1. EVen when it's not too hot, stagnant air gets old and stuffy.
2. GArmins don't do well on teh underwater international mile.
3. ANd, here's teh biggest: WHat goes down, must come up. We flew down. I had just told dh that that was the best downnhill slope I'd every run. ENough tomake you fly, but not too much to get you hurt. Got the word out of my mouth adn the uphill appeard. Ugh. It curved, so you never knew how far 'til you were done. (I'd have to say that I rpefer bridges where you know you get a downhill when you finish teh up.
I had one good post-tunnel mile, then we went uphill away from teh river for a mile and a half. That stunk. We finally crested just before 12 and I was about to sigh in relief, but my calves told me that they didn't care if it was up or down, they were done with hills! The rest of my legs followed. I was happy because it was just basic deadness. My knees adn hip were fine, so that was god. I got a burst of enerygy after seing my parents adn turnign the corner to the finish. But, I coudln't see the finish. In major bite me zone, I said, "Where the heck's teh finish?????" Dh said it's by the start. No, we passed that and we're coming up on our corral (last). People had been saying 4 blocks for, uh, well, 4 blocks!!!!
Then, they guy at the corner yelled, "You can see teh finish around the corner!" See it? I want to be done! My body gave up on teh final kick 4 blocks ago. I turned the corner and didn't see it. Oh, he meant the next corner (we were at a wheel hub, basically). FInally, I saw it. 1/4 mile away!!!!! When we turned teh corner after my parents, there was also a cihp mat. FIgured it was mile 13. Must have been 12.5. NO idea why. I finished, but that part stunk stunk! The maps did NOT show an out and back at the end!
Did the post race stuf and headed back to see Pat. FIgured I had at least 15 minutes. OMG, there she was! I infomed her that she had about a half mile and it was an out and back. She did not look happy and I felt awful telling her, but I wished I had known.
Clock time, she had beat her PR by 2 minutes! We all started togetehr and it had taken 7:30 to get to the start.
It was fun crossing the border twice and even better with another WISHer.
Oh, we had TONS of comments on our shirts. One guy told us he had a dlf on his tri last month adn was last by like 4 minutes. Our shirts made him feel better. Now, he was flying by us, so he was one most of us would really look up to adn it still happened to him. Pretty cool. We also saw teh big guy from TnT who wore teh big purple (and yellow?) Cat in the Hat hat at WDW this yeaer. He was on a spirirt crew. He ran with us for a bit when we confirmed that he was the one we saw. That was neat.
Finally, my parents found out why we cheer for teh half. They were trying to wait for pat at around the 10-mile mark, but wanted to catch us finish too. So, they were able to cheer fo a lot of back of teh pack people. My mom said, "Wow, you can really tell those people appreciate the cheering. I just couldn't believe it." Yes, mom. It's only taken you over 2 years to figure that out. It was neat to see her realization, though. Yup, those of us who struggle need all teh help we can get.
One last thought: The crowd started going nuts as the finish line came into sight. I knew it wasn't for me. After teh finish, they annouced that the full marathoner who had finished just before us qualified for olympic trials. So, that can be my claim to fame. ;-) Wish I reembered her name.
ANyway, great race. Great spirit crews and bands most of the way. Defnietly glad I did it!
I really am happy with what I did yesterday. I bombed a bit at the end, but that means I gave it all I had. I eased back when I started feeilng my one knee because the uneven pavement was adding up, but the tunnel from mile 8 to 9 was very level and nothing really hurt again after that. I learned 3 new lessons in the tunnel.
1. EVen when it's not too hot, stagnant air gets old and stuffy.
2. GArmins don't do well on teh underwater international mile.
3. ANd, here's teh biggest: WHat goes down, must come up. We flew down. I had just told dh that that was the best downnhill slope I'd every run. ENough tomake you fly, but not too much to get you hurt. Got the word out of my mouth adn the uphill appeard. Ugh. It curved, so you never knew how far 'til you were done. (I'd have to say that I rpefer bridges where you know you get a downhill when you finish teh up.
I had one good post-tunnel mile, then we went uphill away from teh river for a mile and a half. That stunk. We finally crested just before 12 and I was about to sigh in relief, but my calves told me that they didn't care if it was up or down, they were done with hills! The rest of my legs followed. I was happy because it was just basic deadness. My knees adn hip were fine, so that was god. I got a burst of enerygy after seing my parents adn turnign the corner to the finish. But, I coudln't see the finish. In major bite me zone, I said, "Where the heck's teh finish?????" Dh said it's by the start. No, we passed that and we're coming up on our corral (last). People had been saying 4 blocks for, uh, well, 4 blocks!!!!
Then, they guy at the corner yelled, "You can see teh finish around the corner!" See it? I want to be done! My body gave up on teh final kick 4 blocks ago. I turned the corner and didn't see it. Oh, he meant the next corner (we were at a wheel hub, basically). FInally, I saw it. 1/4 mile away!!!!! When we turned teh corner after my parents, there was also a cihp mat. FIgured it was mile 13. Must have been 12.5. NO idea why. I finished, but that part stunk stunk! The maps did NOT show an out and back at the end!
Did the post race stuf and headed back to see Pat. FIgured I had at least 15 minutes. OMG, there she was! I infomed her that she had about a half mile and it was an out and back. She did not look happy and I felt awful telling her, but I wished I had known.
Clock time, she had beat her PR by 2 minutes! We all started togetehr and it had taken 7:30 to get to the start.
It was fun crossing the border twice and even better with another WISHer.
Oh, we had TONS of comments on our shirts. One guy told us he had a dlf on his tri last month adn was last by like 4 minutes. Our shirts made him feel better. Now, he was flying by us, so he was one most of us would really look up to adn it still happened to him. Pretty cool. We also saw teh big guy from TnT who wore teh big purple (and yellow?) Cat in the Hat hat at WDW this yeaer. He was on a spirirt crew. He ran with us for a bit when we confirmed that he was the one we saw. That was neat.
Finally, my parents found out why we cheer for teh half. They were trying to wait for pat at around the 10-mile mark, but wanted to catch us finish too. So, they were able to cheer fo a lot of back of teh pack people. My mom said, "Wow, you can really tell those people appreciate the cheering. I just couldn't believe it." Yes, mom. It's only taken you over 2 years to figure that out. It was neat to see her realization, though. Yup, those of us who struggle need all teh help we can get.
One last thought: The crowd started going nuts as the finish line came into sight. I knew it wasn't for me. After teh finish, they annouced that the full marathoner who had finished just before us qualified for olympic trials. So, that can be my claim to fame. ;-) Wish I reembered her name.
ANyway, great race. Great spirit crews and bands most of the way. Defnietly glad I did it!
Way to go Carrie, Scott and Pat!!
Anne
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