This run was a very unusual and emotionally charged run. The few weeks leading up to this race, I had been unusally down. A lot of my friends have been having a lot personal grief (in the hospital, child in the hospital, preparing to move, etc...), so I think I had been internalizing all of their pain. The plan was for sll of us to run together because it was just going to be for fun, not for time. Not any of us had properly trained for it and hadn't run much from our HIM at Longhorn. We started off fine, but a little too fast, so I developed a stabbing side pain after the first mile. Raegan stuck with me, and K&M ran ahead, but eventually stopped off to the side to wait for us. finally, the pain went away by the forth mile. Then the run went alright for a little while. All of a sudden (maybe it was music induced), but I started thinking about all of my friends and what they are going through and I started getting emotional around mile 7. So, for the next 4 miles I would have bouts of needing to cry, which would make me have to stop, which would cause me to start wheezing from trying to keep the crying in. So, everytime I would stop I would have to try and get my breathing under control, so that helped to stop any crying. WIERD! I am not that emotional of a person, so I think that that was making it even worse, because I couldn't believe that that was happening to me! Raegan stuck with me through all of the emotional stops. He suggested around mile 11, that since it only was happening when I stopped, I just shouldn't stop until the end. Good advice! :) I made it to the end, and we met back up with K&M. I was then able to sit under a tree and finally let it out! I always knew running could be very theraputic, now I know first hand! I sure did feel better afterwards! :)

I think i'll leave all of the emotional baggage from my friends' lives at home! :) Also, I probable should actually train for it. This was my slowest (by about 5 min.) half mary to date. I guess in my head i thought that even though I didn't train specifically for this race and hadn't run a whole lot in the month leading up to it, my HIM training at the beginning of October would get me a PR. Maybe I would have if I hadn't had so many emotional stops!

Just a good old cry! It did wonders for my mood! :) Now that I got it all out of my system, i should have a normal run at White Rock (half). :) At least i will always remember this race and have something to laugh about! :)


Basically not running but a handful of times the whole month before.


This was my 3rd time to run this race. It is always well run!