As I sit here on my day off, with my legs sore, rug burn in various places and still hungry and thirsty, I thought I'd make use of this rainy morning off and post to the blog. I, too, can't believe how far we have all come. At one point during yesterday's run, I turned to Lisa and said, "Did you ever think we would get to the point where 5 and 6 miles were no big deal?". Yes, we got to that point still in good spirits, still liking each other and still running.
The pasta party at Wendy's was great! For some of the people there I have only seen them runnng and sweating, so it was nice to see how good we can all look! The food was delicious, laughs happened often and it gave us all the confidence we needed for the big run.
I was doubtful as to how well Broad Street was going to go - all the rain and chill in the air...in some ways it went better than I thought, and in some ways worse! The rain really didn't get bad until the end, so that wasn't so horrific (but at the end was when you are already tired and miserable). By mile 6 I thought, "We got this - this is easy". By mile 7 I thought, "Just get me to mile 8 and it will be smooth sailing". Mile 8 - "This is not fun!", and mile 9.3, "I think I might throw-up!". At one point people were screaming, "Just a quarter mile to go!!!". That was longest quarter mile of my life! However, it was all worth it when Lisa put her hand out and we held hands as we crossed the finish line with Billy, Vinnie and David right there screaming for us and holding up a keg of beer. Lisa kept to her pact and we did the whole thing together. Thank you!
Sorry I missed the Stans Tent - Vinnie's girls had soccer...do you believe they held a soccer game in that rain? I couldn't!
Sorry, also, to my mom, Sheila and Dave who came out in the God awful rain to cheer us on and missed us! Dave even ran up to mile 7 to try and pump us up for the last three by running in with us and couldn't find us. I guess we were just to darn fast!
I don't think I'll be running Tuesday, but I am on Wednesday and Friday if anyone is interested....I hear there's a half marathon in the fall....
PS - I'm sure you all took pictures yesterday - please send them to me through e-mail so I can put them in the photo book. I am making one to place in either our IPC or the professional library (which might be the better choice). xoxo
Good job yesterday!!!! We took it all in and enjoyed the moment. I guess this means we are on to the next challenge, yahoo!!!!
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