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Rocking the Half and other stuff





It is a gorgeously warm day today! Maddy and I went on a walk to stretch out the sore muscles from the race yesterday.
Before the race we had to go to the expo on Saturday to pick up our numbers. We had like 15 bags to haul around plus Maddy because of all the relay teams from DBU. Fortunately Tricia and Nat were there with us so they took turns holding Maddy. We walked around and got free samples of stuff, mostly nasty sports drinks and bars, but we did get about 15 lbs of free dog food out of the deal and Aaron bought this awesome tape called K tape that he used for the race for his knee and feet. It is the tape that Kerry Walsh wore for the volleyball games during the olympics. Then we went to lunch with Nat and then came home and cleaned and cooked spaghetti and then TRicia came to eat. Brittany came to stay the night and we left at 5:45 to get to the race the next morning.
The race was really cool. I thought I was going to die but I ended up doing much better than I expected. I ran the whole thing and I did it in 2 hours 35 minutes and 7 seconds. I had to stop between mile 5 and 6 for a potty break. I was so annoyed but when pee leaks out when you cough it is time to pull over. Guess that's the consequences of having a baby. So that was a disappointment because there was a big line for the portapotties or portalets as they were officially termed at the race. When I stopped the 2:30 pace setter passed me. I thought I would never be close again after I saw her pass, but I was fortunately wrong. I ran the first couple of miles with Brittany and then we went around a curve and there were a bunch of people cheering and stuff and when I looked back I didn't see Brittany anymore I decided she maybe had to stop to tie a shoe lace or something or she got pulled off the course. Fortunately at miles 6 thru 8 there was a place where you ran down one side of the road and then ran back on the other. Right as I got to mile 8 I was really hitting a wall and wondering if I was going to have to walk and then Somebody yelled my name. It was Brittany! She saved the race for me. For some reason I guess that got me out of a bad mind set and I started feeling like I could do it again. So miles 8-about 10 1/2 felt awesome to me and I was able to pick up my pace quite a bit. Then at mile 11 my knee really started hurting but by that time I knew I was going to finish even if I was in a wheelchair for the rest of my life afterwards. I was able to keep a pretty good pace for the last two miles and I have never been so glad to see a finish line. At the end we got a finisher medal and a finisher shirt. They gave us these emergency aluminum blanket things that were awesome. At first I almost didn't take one because I was so hot, but it was cloudy and a little windy and misty and probably about 50 so after a few minutes I was really thankful for the blanket. I wondered around for a while, went to the car and changed clothes to non-sweaty ones that were warmer, got a snack and then Rachel called. She was at the finish waiting for me. So we decided to meet at the marathon finish line. We finally found each other and saw Aaron finish. His time for his first marathon was 4 hours and 16 minutes and 7 seconds. I was really proud of him. He ran with one of his students. The student kept stopping to much so Aaron finally left him the last few miles because the stops were making him cramp up. He got a finisher medal and a shirt as well. We also got pre race shirts so we got a lot of good stuff. After the race my knee was in some serious pain. They had a runners villiage where you could get free food like bagels, oranges, and granola bars. They also had chiropractor students giving free adjustments. I went and found Maddy. Tricia's roomate Rebecca graciously watched Maddy for the race since she dropped Tricia off for the race. She ended up having to watch her longer than she though she would so I really appreciated her taking care of her. Then I went and got food and Aaron was over there getting a chiro adjustment. He talked me into doing one too. Well unfortunately I got Lung (don't think that's how you spell it but htat is what it sounded like). Let's just say Lung was not to confident about his chiropracter ablities and neither was I. He tried and tried to pop my back and after not succeeding for a very long time he went and got his instructor and the instructor had to do it. At least it got done and for free I guess so I can't complain. After that we went back to grab all our stuff and then met Brittany at the car and went to Panera for some real food because we were all still starving. We were so sore. I had Aaron put some of his tape on my knee. Then some friends called and said we could come get in there hot tub if we wanted. That was like manna from heaven. I think it really helped us not be as sore today as we could have been. Anyhow it was a great experience and I would definitely like to train to run a 2 hour time or better for the half next year.

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