When I woke up in the morning, I looked outside, only to find a dusting of snow. Upon checking the race website, however, it wasn't cancelled, so I resigned myself to having to run after all. I registered and got my number and my free t-shirt. Unfortunately, I don't own any proper cold weather running clothes so I had to put my shirt over my jacket, which soon became stifling once I started running.
Off we all went. I had to keep pushing myself not to start walking, and I actually accomplished all three of my goals! I finished with a time of 32:45, which is a pace of 10:33 miles! After I finished I felt really awful, which I guess means I truly did the best I could have done. Here I am after I recovered enough to not look like I was dying anymore.
In retrospect, it wasn't as horrible as I thought it would be, but I don't know how soon I'll do another one. I really felt bad after, like I was going to vomit and/or faint, and I'm sure I'll be sore tomorrow. Anyways, it certainly was a challenge to myself to really work hard and not give up. And I do feel really good that I achieved my goals in this segment of my bucket-list!
I was ranked 1233rd overall, out of 1838 participants, and I was 78th in my division (females ages 20-24).
Until next time!
Lauren
Hooray hooray! Congrats!
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