I hadn't run on the road in over a month! There is a contest going on at my gym so I've been only doing treadmill running for all of February. I was interested to see how it would translate to the road since before now I had never used the treadmill.

The first mile felt fast - my legs felt OK, but as always my lungs were dying. I got some water at the 1 mile mark and it didn't sit so well in my stomach. The rest of the race I had a stomach cramp - I'm not sure if it was from the water, the bagel or the fast running.

Second and third mile were about the same. At mile 2 we did about a 10-20 second walk so I could gargle some water. We were running much faster than we normally do but decided to just keep going until we had to walk, but we never did! We both had problems, her legs, my lungs, both of our faces were burning up but somehow kept going.

At the very end, about 10-20 yards to go, there was a sharp corner to the finish line. I was on the inside and let my friend get ahead so we wouldn't be squished on the turn. We finished within a step or so of each other. Bad idea - she ended up coming in 2nd place and I came in 3rd place in our age group! :)



Stay next to my friend so I might have gotten 2nd place! Probably not eaten the bagel or only had a few bites.

Grabbed a water and had to leave right away so my friend could get her kids to church. Never saw the results until just now - I wonder if I'll get a medal or something?!


Not running outside in a long time. Stomach cramp.


Great, small local race. It is run by a charity called Stand Among Friends that helps disabled people find jobs in the community. There is an impaired division that is inspiring.