18 March, 2012

Race Weekend

what a super fun weekend. Beca, Erin and I went to the Expo on friday. This was Erins first big race and the most fun was walking up and down the isles with her and hearing "oh I need that" needless to say her Swag bag was stuffed. I laughed when Beca bought a medal holder for the wall that holds 20 medals. Looks like she has alot of races coming up in the near future. I bought some more Nuun hydration tabs and a new fuel belt.

Saturday was race day and started out with perfect running weather and then the sun came out and made for a very warm race day. The majority of my running and training in in the fall winter so I was not really ready for the heat. Erin decided to drop back to my corral but we ended up moving further up to corral 20. The race course was a great course through DC and the first mile we ran towards the Capitol and made for a very scenic route. We had a great pace up till the 5k point and then the hills started and didnt stop. We keep pushing and I knew I was in trouble when we cought up to the 2:30 pace at mile 9 which ment we were sub 2:30. that cought up with me at 10 and the tank went dry. I struggled to finish with the heat and hills. I finished with a 2:45 which is my best time for 13.1.

This was my first race where I did not wear my Nathen pack which holds 2L's of water and I just used the water stops. It solved my race GI problems as I think I was over hydrating.

Erin finished ahead of me and had a super time for her 1st half and farthest run to date. Becca the jack rabbit finished with a great time of 2 hours.

My next run is in early April in Va and just a short 8k and then in the end of April we will all team together again for a 200 mile relay starting in Gettysburg and ending in DC.

1 comment:

  1. I ran as well, and was happy and relieved to hear your assessment of those hills! I too ran out of steam around 11 and felt like I had nothing left for the final push.

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