My first DNS

Well I was all set to run my first half marathon this weekend in Detroit, and I guess someone had other plans. I had been looking forward this race for some time.... 2 years ago when I started running, I came and ran the relay with some people. It was the biggest event I had been in, and the atmosphere was so fun and inspiring to a new runner, that I told myself I would be back to do the half, and eventually full.

So Saturday Im eating some pasta for dinner. I put a little alfredo sauce on it just for a little flavor (this is a typical pre race meal for me, you know nothing new) and then I decide that im still a little hungry after. So I go for a bowl of cereal. I thought to myself as Im eating it, this tastes a little funny after eating alfredo, but I finish the small bowl anyways.

2am, stomach cramps from hell. About every 5 minutes I would have a spasm and be hunched over in knots. So 5am comes, the spasms are down to about every 15-30 min, and I had to make a decision, race time 7:15, will I be good enough to race. Its about a hour drive from home and had people coming to watch. So I get up, try to get around, hunched over again. A stomach ache, I have dealt with that before, but balled up in pain, I decided to call it. In that condition it would have taken me as long to run the 1/2 as a typical full marathon. I knew that running and tris had become a big part of my life, but i think it was at that moment, having so much difficulty in not running one of the races I had been looking forward to since I started running, that I realized how much its made a impact on my life. Im still bummed today.. but Vegas 1/2, here I come in a month! ANd always check the milk


Edited by kellc09 2006-10-30 8:16 AM