Fancy Pants

The Marathon

October 5th and 6th are a blur in my mind. I remember being truly moody and not quite focused. There were moments when I would start crying out of fear of the upcoming event.

The starting line was worse. There were tons of people around me that were all pumped and talking excitedly and still I was there all alone and wanting to cry.

We started running, and I was still uncertain. I also had to pee really really bad.

At mile 3.5 the water station had magically disappeared and in my anxiousness to hydrate I took a bottle (used) off the ground to have a nice lady fill with water. Then all of a sudden, at mile 4, I felt a sense of relief when out of the crowd I hear two high pitched screams "there she is," and Colleen ran excitedly out to join me. Lyndsey waved and we were on our way. Colleen coached me for 4 miles and I felt like I could maybe finish this thing. We reached Intelligentsia at mile 8 where a group of people were there to rub my shoulders and give me food. I grabbed some pain killers (thanks to Chris) and was on my way. I thought my mile 8 buddy had abandoned me but she caught me right outside the coffee shop to start her bandit run with me. Kris ran with me to mile 13 and we also picked up Diana at mile 12. Never underestimate was a 30 something cute mexican woman can do. Diana ran to the end with me... but the end was not at mile 26.2... it was 18. At mile 16 we found out that we were being rerouted to the finish line and that we could not finish the race. Lyndsey, Diana and I ran through water and walkers to get to the end where everyone (including Lyndsey and Diana) were medaled.

I still haven't run a marathon... what a piece of something.
My estimated time was 6hr 10min
I could have finished too.
thanks for all of the support:
Dad, Caitlin, Colleen, Lyndsey, David, Intelly, Kris, Diana, Chris and everyone who contributed monetarily.

posted by Sweet T @ 1:31 PM