Cherry Blossom 10 Miler
45 degrees (felt like 39)
10 miles
1:52:49
Pace: 11:06, 10:47, 10:41, 10:39, 11:04, 11:16*, 11:35, 12:05, 11:59, 11:38
With: Sheri & self
*Right about here is where my hamstring cramped up & never really let go for the rest of the run. : ((
It was a magical day in that it was beautiful, there were entertaining people (a gorilla playing a cowbell on the sidelines, santa, etc), and that I was even able to run in the first place (see injury below). I have to be honest, the fact that I fell in love with this year's shirt when I saw it yesterday, and got so excited to be able to wear it proudly after I finished the damn thing, is probably the only thing that kept me from walking the last mile or so (that and stubbornness: "I didn't spend three months training to NOT finish it!!"). The hamstring cramp stunk & then ended up pulling my knee weird, so now I have some things that need babying for a bit. : ) I'm still on the fence about the half-marathon. It depends on if I can get myself there without injury.
Injury:
The reason I haven't posted a run since March 25 is that I went for an injury-free leisure hike & ended up attempting to punt the only rock on the entire trail. I was out of comission for 3+ days, thought I broke it, it hurt so bad. Monday of this week I went to get X-rays. No break. It was just the world's most insane toe jamming ever. As a result, I took this last week off to see if I could heal enough to run. Ironically, my toe gave me no problems today. I think, though, that the weird hobbling I did most of this week probably contributed to the cramping today. : (
Here's my day:
It was a gorgeous sunrise over the capital...
The Washington Monument, just because you always need a picture of it:
It was great that J came down to watch me cross the finish line in freezing weather & a very early wake-up:
Sheri & I were both successful finishers:
This was THE shirt... the one that kept me going. Now I can proudly wear it!
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