I have decided that I really enjoy running. I've never hated it--playing midfield in soccer for so many years cured me of that--but I really really enjoy it. I did my first half marathon last Saturday. I had convinced Brock, Bri, Andy, Brooke, and Andy (nope, not a typo) earlier this year to run it with me because I needed some incentive to get back to any sort of shape but round. They all agreed that it should be fun (or maybe not really fun, but they all agreed).I was the only one who trained. At all.
Brooke and Andy opted out. Andy because he conveniently forgot when it was and scheduled a trip home to visit his family in CA. Brooke because she has not been able to shake this nasty cold that she's had for a month or so. So that left the four of us: Me, Brock, Bri and Andy.
We had to be up in Ogden before 5:00 am (no one should ever have to wake up at 3:15 in the morning before running 13.1 miles) so that we could get to the shuttle to take us to Eden where we would wait for 1.5 hours huddled around fire barrels. Makes total sense to me that we would have to be there that far in advance...ummmm...
It was a gorgeous race down Ogden canyon. Beautiful weather, and beautiful scenery. My goal when I started this whole thing, was to run the whole thing without walking. I was ultra disappointed when I HAD to stop about mile 7 for an absolutely mandatory potty break. I tried to convince myself that I could make it, but turns out the results of not stopping could have been catastrophic. Unfortunately for my time, there were several other people suffering from the same dilemma, and it took about 15 mins off my time. Super disappointing. But I did manage to run the whole thing, and at least now I have a starting point to improve upon.
The sickest part of the whole thing, is that neither Andy nor Brock ran a combined total of more than 10 miles before running the race, and both of them ran the whole thing and finished minutes over 2 hrs. Sick. And frustrating. The only consolation I take, is that the next day they were completely immobile, and I felt great!
So, I'm sold! I am looking forward to running my next one, and killing my time!
Who's with me???
