starting the race i felt bad and I knew I was not going to feel good this whole race. I was hoping after starting it I could shake it and start to feel better. That never happened. By mile 3 I just felt like pulling out. I still did not recover from being sick. I started this race so I just decided to try my best and push through the discomfort and general fatigue.

My plan was to start out around 7:45/mile and just hold that pace and if I had some in the tank to push the last 5k. I was holding 7:45 give or take 3 seconds for around the first 6-7 miles. Then I started to feel bad to where I had to pull over and regain my bearings. I probably could have just slowed down the pace and continued but I wanted to maintain my pace since was a "practice training run". I only stopped maybe 20 seconds and then continued. Once I started again I felt better but that run down feeling was coming back. Any way I stopped again at 8.5, 10, 10.7, 11.5, 12.7. These were short breaks and I did stop my watch and start it again once I didnt feel like I was going to die. I tried to push the last mile hard as I could but I just felt terrible. I crossed the line happy to be done.

I should have never gotten out of bed.

Not race getting over flu like symptoms. Rachel, Ryan, and myself were all sick this week going into the race

met up with rachel and ryan and hung out and watched some marathon finishers and stayed around at the post race concert for a bit