I knew a few weeks out that I wasn't in the shape that I needed to be in to get a personal best so i decided to pace my MIL to a good finish for her. We started out strong and kept it up pretty well throughout the race. we were through the 10K mark in :59. Shortly after the 10K mark there was the only significant hill in the entire course. MIL struggled up the hill a little bit and after that she slowed down a bit. She also needed to use the bathroom but every porta-potty we passed between 10 and 16 km had a pretty long line. we passed one around 17 km that didn't have a line but she declined to stop and use it. In the last mile we started to pick up the pace a bit but her tummy hurt to much so we slowed down and took it easy the last 600 or so metres.

an hour (HOUR!) searching for my DH at the finish line. I felt so bad that he came down to the finish line. it was crazy busy down there.


Not trying to perform better ;)