Kristen took off fast, I knew with my legs that keeping up with her wasn't in the cards for me. Within a half mile she was long gone. Dan held with me a bit, took off then he must have gotten slowed down when he hit a portapotty cause around mile 2 or 3 he found me.

We kept a pretty consistent 10 min mile going. The hill at mile 3-4 wasn't too bad. It was nice turning into SportsBacker's stadium and that half lap on the track. We got out of the stadium and had wind at our backs. Nice, very nice.

We continued our 10 min/mile pace along. Told each other stories from our work to pass the time. Around mile 6 or 7 I saw my daughter's old teacher from our first year here in VA. It was nice to see Lori out supporting the run. We were 1:05 at the 10k. Felt okay still.

Somewhere around mile 8 or 9 I could feel an enormous blister on the instep of my right foot. It didn't make me feel too good but since the hip flexors had stopped shouting at me it was a new pain to think about.

We pretty much walked the water stops, grabbed gu and drank water at the stops the whole race. I had a few sips of Heed along the way from my bottles too.

By mile 10 my legs were cramping and we were now running into the wind. Somewhere in there Dan grabbed my hand and pulled me along. We ran that way for most of the last few miles. It really helped me. He offered to fireman carry me to the finish but I knew I was finishing on my own power.

We hit mile 12 and I started to find some juice in my legs...not much but some. Mile 13...YAY just 0.1 mile to go. I am really running hard now. Like I want to puke hard. No idea what the HRM said cause it was acting wacky. Crossed the line smiling.

Not fall and tear my hip flexors a month prior to the race!

Walk around, grabbed a banana and powerade from the food tent. Wandered slowly to my car with some stretching along the way.

An iced bubble bath when I got home.


Torn hip flexors from a fall last month.


I would have loved to beat my time from April, just didn't have it with the injury. Was glad to be able to run the whole race and very thankful for the company of another BT'er! Dan, you really--literally--pulled me through on this one. Thanks!