felt really stiff in calves first 3-4 miles... ugh. But eventually seemed to ease up. Worked on keeping shoulders relaxed but still seemed to hunch them toward the end when I became more fatigued. Enjoyed my awesome choco Gu! YUMMY stuff! Hip flexors were giving me grief the last couple miles and so grateful for the wonderful crowd support. And so nice to hook up with Chris and run for a mile - even though we both didn't want to talk much. As I neared the finish, I was NOT going to let the first speed walker beat me! So it was a fight for the last 1/2 mile but alas, his victory even if behind me, overshadowed mine LOL Didn't hear my name like in the past, instead heard, "and here comes the first walker blah blah blah..." LOL

train more and dang it...gotta do more speed work. I want to be faster!!!!!!!!

zombied... grabbed some choco milk but couldn't open it so asked some guy to help me. grabbed some orange but not hungry for Arby's. Immediately walked to car and went home. Husband and son missed my run completely!! :( They went out to see me cross close to home but missed me by 10 mins which I guess is a good thing in that I went faster than they figured but I spent the last 2 miles scanning the crowd for them.


headcold, fatigue and lack of interval training. Physically, I was pretty worn out by the end.


Great race for local peeps and it is a Boston qualifier for the marathon folks. Wish we ran by some more scenic things and I really don't want a medal for finishing. Tshirt is just fine. Not sure why the half medal has a town on it that we never went into - but the full does go thru it. Volunteers are top notch at this event. Thank you all you kind police/crossing guard peeps and jubilant cheer-'em-on-ers!