Sooo I have another 3 run stories for you today!
1- THE GOOD
Wednesday night's No-Bo run. It was a 2.5 mile loop that was a slight down hill for the first 1.5 miles...so of course that means an evil straight uphill for the last 1 mile, but I was super proud of my people and myself that we didn't quit! I even had enough to sprint it in :) I forget how long it took, but for as hilly as the course was, I remember being happy with the timing!
2- THE BAD
After Saturday's run (that's next!) I mapped out a 3 mile course, making sure I parked on the low ground. I thought it would just meander up the hill, then speed down it.
Except I was probably dehydrated.
And wearing black.
As it was rreeeally sunny.
And no shade on the uphill.
And the hill was the eeennntiiiirrreee 1.5 miles.
I started bargaining with myself- "run to the fire hydrant!...okay, see it flattens a bit, run to the next fire hydrant!...run until you get to 1 mile... run til you get to the next street! run to the shade!" and once I got up the hill, I took a song to walk, and meandered down the hill through campus back to my car.
Lesson learned? Run the first half of the course again... but halfway up the hill, throw a water bottle into the woods. Turn around at the top of the hill and grab water bottle when I need it on the way back down. Oh, and not running at 11am when the sun is beating down on you would be good. And not running on a dehydrated body after a race which leads me to...
3- THE MUDDY!
With a group I've been training with for a few months, we did a "5k" on Saturday morning. While I'll save the criticism I had for the race to the post I put on active.com , I did have a good time, thanks to the people I was with! (The race organizer did send out a "this was our first time, bear with us" e-mail this morning, but my main gripe was, and continues to be, no water on a 2.5 mile obstacle course on a sunny day in May.) I shall now tell the rest of the story in pictures :)
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| Our team (and one coach) |
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| Mean faces! |
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| 8 ft wall |
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| Getting hoisted over- I am not that white, I had underarmor, I swear!!! |
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| I can tell you, my exact thought was"uh okay...how do I get down?!" |
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| Out of the woods, more than half-way there! |
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| The "mud" |
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| "Valley of Tires"...uh sure...if you say so! |
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| FINISH LINE! |
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| After! |
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| How I felt...Braiding by KR :) |
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| Towards the beginning...when I still had tons of energy! |
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| With Fred at the end :) |
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Here's to the next TV Timeout!
-Syd
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