To begin, since Thursday my body has been feeling off. I felt sick to my stomach Thur. so I thought I had the touch of a virus. Now, my stomach is fine but my joint pain is really annoying me. Especially in my hips & my jaw. This is disappointing for my FIRST BELLIN RUN! So, my body wasn't feeling all that ready at the start line.
I started out too slow as I usually do by habbit, and should have picked the pace up at mile 2. Around mile 2 I was having some cramping issues, so I didn't want to have to walk because I picked the pace up. Instead, I freaked out once I realized I was at 25:00 at 3 miles. Then I made myself get moving faster. My cramps were feeling better too.
I was REALLY hoping for under 8 min miles, but given that I just worked in speed work last week & have not trained myself for faster running, the results make sense.

Run faster in the beginning, more speed training.

Walked for a while, stretched & got stretched by the Bellin people/students which felt AMAZING. Talked with people....They asked my time & they're like WOW...and here I was all pissed off.


Lack of speed training....if I want to run faster I have to train for that! Minor cramps, nothing like last weekend. My pathetic self??


My first time doing the Bellin and I'm impressed. The support to run this large of a race (4th largest in country?) is amazing. There were lots of people, and I had to do lots of moving around but overall it was pretty cool to see SO many people out. For a good cause, too. And, I go to Bellin for care so that's another plus.