Training Day #28
11 miles!!!! 11 miles!!! I honestly can't believe that we made it 11 miles. It was tough but with God's help we made it!
DISTANCE: 11 miles
TIME: 2 hours and 48 minutes (This time included a stop at the gas station to buy a Gatorade to share and a quick stop to make a phone call to see where two people were, so my aunt thinks it was more like 2 hours and 20 minutes. Slow time also could be the fact that I am dealing with a shine splint!!!)
The first mile was tough, miles 2-6 were great, in fact those miles felt easier than the 2 mile run we did Thursday. At mile 7 we turned back and it got tough! My body started to hurt and I felt like I wasn't going to make it. I knew we had no other choice but to run back. It would take way to long to walk back. Liz and I were cruising along when all of a sudden it hit me! I needed to use the bathroom and there wasn't one for 4 miles! Let me take it back for a minute- at lunch I ate some spicy food and as I am eating it I told Todd, "I probably shouldn't be eating this." Before the run I had an upset tummy but figured I would be fine. WRONG! I'm sharing this because Liz thought it was funny and I think alot of runners experience this at some point. So I stopped dead in my tracks and was scared to move. Liz walked with me for 3 minutes and I told her to go ahead. To be honest, I was looking for places in the woods and hoping it wouldn't come to that!! Anyone remember Charlotte in Sex and the City 2?! I walked for a while and my watch said that at this pace it was going to take me 20 minutes to walk a mile and I knew it'd be dark before I got to my car not to mention they would probably leave me! So, I sucked it up and ran .5 a mile! Keep in mind this is at mile 9.5. I was already worn out but I kept pushing myself and then I saw my Aunt. She had come back for me! I ran until I felt the sudden need to stop (scared to run further) and somehow we made it! Having to go with no place to go is the WORST feeling in the world and I hope that never happens again. I didn't end up like Charlotte in the movie... I actually found a potty on the way home!
So there you have! My embarrassing story of 11 miles! I was SORE!!! I felt like an 80 year old lady!
DISTANCE: 11 miles
TIME: 2 hours and 48 minutes (This time included a stop at the gas station to buy a Gatorade to share and a quick stop to make a phone call to see where two people were, so my aunt thinks it was more like 2 hours and 20 minutes. Slow time also could be the fact that I am dealing with a shine splint!!!)
The first mile was tough, miles 2-6 were great, in fact those miles felt easier than the 2 mile run we did Thursday. At mile 7 we turned back and it got tough! My body started to hurt and I felt like I wasn't going to make it. I knew we had no other choice but to run back. It would take way to long to walk back. Liz and I were cruising along when all of a sudden it hit me! I needed to use the bathroom and there wasn't one for 4 miles! Let me take it back for a minute- at lunch I ate some spicy food and as I am eating it I told Todd, "I probably shouldn't be eating this." Before the run I had an upset tummy but figured I would be fine. WRONG! I'm sharing this because Liz thought it was funny and I think alot of runners experience this at some point. So I stopped dead in my tracks and was scared to move. Liz walked with me for 3 minutes and I told her to go ahead. To be honest, I was looking for places in the woods and hoping it wouldn't come to that!! Anyone remember Charlotte in Sex and the City 2?! I walked for a while and my watch said that at this pace it was going to take me 20 minutes to walk a mile and I knew it'd be dark before I got to my car not to mention they would probably leave me! So, I sucked it up and ran .5 a mile! Keep in mind this is at mile 9.5. I was already worn out but I kept pushing myself and then I saw my Aunt. She had come back for me! I ran until I felt the sudden need to stop (scared to run further) and somehow we made it! Having to go with no place to go is the WORST feeling in the world and I hope that never happens again. I didn't end up like Charlotte in the movie... I actually found a potty on the way home!
So there you have! My embarrassing story of 11 miles! I was SORE!!! I felt like an 80 year old lady!
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