First off we get out and it is sooo dark and scary. It's pretty dark at 5am with a sliverish moon. I am the nerdy one that wears a head lamp. I don't know how the other girls don't. I want to see what's coming up. We thought turning the other way at the end of the sands would be a great idea... not so much. Gradual uphill for 5 miles. hmmm. Ashly came with us and she got out and took off and ended up doing over a marathon because she took a wrong road. (she still beat me back- #noshame). I ended up doing about the last 13 by myself, which was ok as far as thinking and pondering the universe, but I missed the girls, the conversation and the party at each aide station. =). The last 10 my knee was killing and I'm not gonna lie, I did a lot of fast walking to let the knee rest. But it could fast walk at about 13-14mm... so if all else fails on the big day.... at least I have that. (under 16mm is all that has to happen)
I drew a pic for my fellow fishies... did y'all even notice this? I had time to ponder my trophy too and it's going to be Awesome.. if I ever make it. Lexie I planned ours for next week too.. be excited.
Last mile!!
I decided I wanted to run the whole last mile . Show myself I could do it. Show myself I could endure to the end... It was the hardest mile of my life!! Not even kidding.
PS... It was a nineteen miler.... yes... NINETEEN!!! BAM.. Done. check. One more long one to go! (for some it was more)
PPS... some wise words from this run:
This run was a nightmare! I don't even know why. It just didn't work out as great as we all had planned. It was soooo dark and scary that morning. Darker than usual. I think the moon must have been a sliver or something. Haha. Also, we chose a route where we had a steady incline! Incline! We don't do that to ourselves very much. There were a million campers around and I was just plain scared that morning. Becka gave me her handy dandy flashlight and I used that to navigate for a second until I got scared. I would think some random person was hiding in the bushes or some sort of wildlife creature was going to eat me alive. So when I would think those thoughts I would turn around and run back to the girls! It just was not a successful start for me. I finally made it up the huge sand dunes hill to find April waiting. She was supposed to wait for the other girls but decided she would run with me for awhile. It was so nice to have some company and we ran at a great pace! I actually made April walk a few times because I had a side ache! (I never get side aches! What the heck was up with this day!) I also felt so empty that day. Like hunger! April and I chatted and chatted and after five miles she told me to go ahead. I thought she would hang and wait for the other girls but I found out later as I was waiting by the car that she was finished with her run! I went and picked her up but was a little concerned that Ashley's car was still parked behind ours! I found out later she did an entire marathon because she took the wrong road. Wowsers! Amazing! APril and I drove back to get the cars and on the way we saw Becka. She looked a little in pain so we stopped to check on her. Nevermind that I pretty much put us in danger stopping on the highway! I was just so worried about all the girls. Then we get a text that Tyler was on his way to pick up Ebbi because she was sick. I just couldn't believe it and felt so bad for everyone. We stopped to check on Candi too and she said she was okay. Just made me feel bad for everyone and a little helpless. A few funny things about this run to brighten this post up a little... I got back to Becka's car and remembered where she told me she would put the keys (I have a hard time remembering this normally) only to find that the keys were hidden but her windows were down. Haha It cracked me up. Sad that we all had crappy runs but hey I guess sometimes that happens right!
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