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Congrats to Mike and Rick (great blog entry!) on your respective races and times - really good job!
My Rochester Flower City 1/2 Marathon yesterday was really amazing - I beat my disney time by 26 minutes and my hope for time by 9 minutes - I was 2:21:06 which was better than I ever hoped! It was a sunny and beautiful day - the race start was cold at 30 degrees but no wind and I got warmed up soon enough. The course for the most part was really nice - running through all the historic sections, the great neighborhoods etcera; however, my husband who is from there, said the course would be flat - well it was except for miles 6-8 - wow! what hills! thankfully, the first major hill which was tough, had a HUGE neighborhood turnout which really helped with the motivation - which was much needed - then we went into a long cemetary run - called Mt. Hope (would have thought that would have given me a clue) which was not only hilly, but one part had a HUGE incline on cobblestones- which for this klutz is not very good - thankfully I got through that okay, but once those two miles were done, I was really worried I was tapped out. Thankfully, a gatorade drink later, I felt better and was still off! The stations were every two miles which was good - at mile 11 a renegade mountain goat running group set up their own station a few feet down from an official station - a beer station "last beer before the finish line!" I give people who actually took it a lot of credit - it smell AWFUL to me and having run 11 miles and needing to run 2 more, there was no way in heck I was going to take it - the smell alone was ghastly! It was amazing to see my dh and 4 year old son waving for me a little bit from the finish line - gave me a last boost before I crossed! It was a great day, I'm tired but feel good today, and can't wait for my next one! One funny note, I left for the race earlier with my friend so dh and son could come later. I guess the wake up call in the hotel came, my dh picked up, hung it up and fell back asleep. My four year old yelled at him "papa, you do NOT ignore a wake up call. we need to see mama at the finish line. Hurry and wake up!" and then my dh said my son was a drill sargent the rest of the time, telling dh to hurry up with his shower, getting dressed, finding parking, etc. Dh said it probably was a good thing as it got him going - so my son got a big ice cream as a thank you!
my next race is now a 15k on May 20 in Cohoes, NY - Inaugural and I'm already looking forward to that. My dh told me to sign up for the disney full that we will get there no matter what - yeah!
Great job rick on 117 miles running - the only thing I'm a little bummed about is I missed my 100 mile mark by 1.5 miles - I was going to get up this morning and force myself to do it, but dh was sick all night, so I was too tired. But that's okay - something t strive for in may - I love goals!
My Rochester Flower City 1/2 Marathon yesterday was really amazing - I beat my disney time by 26 minutes and my hope for time by 9 minutes - I was 2:21:06 which was better than I ever hoped! It was a sunny and beautiful day - the race start was cold at 30 degrees but no wind and I got warmed up soon enough. The course for the most part was really nice - running through all the historic sections, the great neighborhoods etcera; however, my husband who is from there, said the course would be flat - well it was except for miles 6-8 - wow! what hills! thankfully, the first major hill which was tough, had a HUGE neighborhood turnout which really helped with the motivation - which was much needed - then we went into a long cemetary run - called Mt. Hope (would have thought that would have given me a clue) which was not only hilly, but one part had a HUGE incline on cobblestones- which for this klutz is not very good - thankfully I got through that okay, but once those two miles were done, I was really worried I was tapped out. Thankfully, a gatorade drink later, I felt better and was still off! The stations were every two miles which was good - at mile 11 a renegade mountain goat running group set up their own station a few feet down from an official station - a beer station "last beer before the finish line!" I give people who actually took it a lot of credit - it smell AWFUL to me and having run 11 miles and needing to run 2 more, there was no way in heck I was going to take it - the smell alone was ghastly! It was amazing to see my dh and 4 year old son waving for me a little bit from the finish line - gave me a last boost before I crossed! It was a great day, I'm tired but feel good today, and can't wait for my next one! One funny note, I left for the race earlier with my friend so dh and son could come later. I guess the wake up call in the hotel came, my dh picked up, hung it up and fell back asleep. My four year old yelled at him "papa, you do NOT ignore a wake up call. we need to see mama at the finish line. Hurry and wake up!" and then my dh said my son was a drill sargent the rest of the time, telling dh to hurry up with his shower, getting dressed, finding parking, etc. Dh said it probably was a good thing as it got him going - so my son got a big ice cream as a thank you!
my next race is now a 15k on May 20 in Cohoes, NY - Inaugural and I'm already looking forward to that. My dh told me to sign up for the disney full that we will get there no matter what - yeah!
Great job rick on 117 miles running - the only thing I'm a little bummed about is I missed my 100 mile mark by 1.5 miles - I was going to get up this morning and force myself to do it, but dh was sick all night, so I was too tired. But that's okay - something t strive for in may - I love goals!
Awesome! How are you feeling today? I love that your son wanted to get out there to cheer you on! It was cute that he wanted to make sure DH didn't miss you on course! Glad to hear that you're signing up for Disney as well. Yay!! Let me know the name of the 15K and I'll get it added to the race calendar! Congrats on all the mileage you logged this month! WTG 
But if you keep up with the yoga on a regular basis, that should change in no time at all. Let us know if you find anything cool at the running expo this weekend!
