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Comments: It was hot as hades - 95 degrees....I did a good job staying cool and hydrated - put a sponge in my hat and every opportunity dumped water on....shoes got squishy...might have to check zoots.... So having not run this far I had interesting running commentary in my head....at each mile marker I would think about what was left and when that number got below 10 it seemed a bit more reasonable....then when I was one quarter, one third, one half way through that was cool....the funny part for me was after the second turn around when I was headed back from the second loop and my thoughts were - oh just a 5K left...HA that was previously a hard run to me! I actually felt good until about the last 1-2 miles. Then my hamstrings really started to hurt. a lot. like yelling at me - something to the order of wtf?? why are you doing this? you never asked us to do this before! you usually stop forever ago! Then my mind went to really hating Kathy G....because she talked me into this....and then the finish was in site and I was able to rally and sprint the finish.... What would you do differently?: train Post race
Warm down: went into the lake as an ice bath...sat, and then drove home What limited your ability to perform faster: lack of training, lack of taper..... Event comments: I did a half marathon....unbelievable...of course my coach is already looking at me and saying I should do an olympic, and since I signed up for chicago (as a sprint) he is already saying to do that as an olympic..... Profile Album Last updated: 2008-06-08 12:00 AM
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Endorfun Sports
Overall Rank = 376/686
Age Group = relay
Age Group Rank = 7/10
Did a relay with Kathy G (bike) and Chris (swim). I got added at 5 PM yesterday - after swimming and biking the olympic course....so no training, no taper and my longest run has been 6-7 miles....no time to panic either....
I went up to Mooseman to volunteer - which I did friday night, all day saturday (from 5:15am...) and this morning too....
Kathy G came over to registration after I did the swim and bike and she looked at me and said: 'want to be our runner?' so I said: 'are you high?' she and Chris said - 'you can walk....otherwise we DNF' - you would think after all the years of jewish guilt trips I would be immune to this sort of thing....but no....I inform them that I have NEVER run that far....and they reiterated that I can be slow.....so I figured what the heck....worst case I walk.....
Helped at registration from 5:15 until close to 7....got body marked then cheered Chris (our swimmer) on and Kathy when she went to bike....schmoozed, crashed on a couch at the Clifbar station. Denise came over and hung out - it was nice being out of the sun as it was now over 90 degrees.....