Soit's beentwodayssincetheracedayandstillfeelingprettysore, but I thinkmybodyisrecoveringverywell.
I actuallyran, like, 1/2 anhourtoday.
I'm feelinggreat.
Sosomeone 30 halfmarathonhasended. 00:02:59.150 --> 00:03:0.680 Itendedverywell. 00:03:1.650 --> 00:03:7.600 I feelOfcourse, I feelamazingbecause I hitmygoal, But a racewassnapped. 00:03:7.710 --> 00:03:8.660 Aneasyrace. 00:03:8.670 --> 00:03:11.950 Thatwas a reallyhardearned P r forme.
Sowhathappened?
Waas, um, thedaybeforetheracecheckmyemailjusttogetspecificdirectionsgoingtothelocation, andthen I justnoticedthattheyactuallychangethelocationandthenthecourse, justreallyhopingthatthethenewcoursewouldbe a littlebiteasierthantheoriginalcourse.
Because, like I said, theoriginalcoursewassomerollinghillsandoutandback, andthecoursewasjustlike a prettychallengingcourse.
Soitwasactuallycompletelyoppositewhenwestarted a racethatevenlikemild, too.
Andthenwewerealreadyfacingsome, likemajorhills. 00:03:57.210 --> 00:04:3.780 I said, like, thisisinterestingandthehorserunninglike I wouldsaythough 6 50 pace. 00:04:3.910 --> 00:04:8.510 Butthepacefeltlikeprettyhardforme. 00:04:8.520 --> 00:04:19.350 And I knowthat I shouldn't befeelingthatwaybecause, likeonmytraining, I waslikerunninglike, evenbelowsixfortiesanddidn't feellikethatway.
So I knowthat I wasnotrunningfast.
Itwaasfromlikethosehills, then, yeah, aswewenton, wewerejustlikefacingusafterhillsafterHillsand I waslike, almostin a panicmode.
It's because I saidlikethisscoresislikereallyhardand, um, atthatpoint, likelike I said, I wasin a panicmode, likethinkingthat I don't reallyknowthescores.
Andthereseemedtobelikerealhard.
Wasthatevenlike a 10 K mark?
Anditwasalreadylikestruggling. 00:04:55.030 --> 00:05:5.570 It's likeit's notbecauseofthefastbasisbecauseoflikethosegianthillsandthenMilesfive, I decided, Like I said, I reallyneedtomake a decisionfromhere. 00:05:5.580 --> 00:05:10.140 I needtobeveryefficientinorderformetoget a reallygoodtime.
And I just, youknow, I justneedtofocus.
Itwasnotbeenlike 10 k.
I tookmyjailandthen I said, like, I reallyhavetomaybe, like, pushthepace a littlebit.
Soafterfivemiles, I I actuallytookthejailandthen I justlikepushingthepace a littlebitand I wasfeeling a littlebitbetter.
Butofcourse, like I wasextortingmoreeffort, maybejusttriedtogetthatlike, heavylegsandthenafterthat I canget a like a steadypaceagain.
Butthenthegoodthing, though, afterlike I wouldsay, likesevenMount 78 SothisguywasrunningandthenwewerekindoflikeYou'rerunningprettymuchthesamepace.
Andthen I justlikearoundwithhimandthenstarted, liketalkingtohim a littlebitaboutthecourse, andhewasalsolikesaying, Thisislike a reallychallengingcoursesaidlike, hedoesthisraceprettymucheveryyearandtheoriginalcourse, It's actually a littlebiteasierthanthis, actuallylivingthefullmarathon.
So I said, likegoodluck.
I waslike, actually a bighelpformebecause, likeif I canseesomeonethatrunningthesamepaceus, melike I wouldjustlikesteakwith a personfeels a littlebiteasier, likementallyandlikeit's becauselike, it's almostlikeyou'rehelpingouteachother.
Sowedid, andtheystartedtalking, sowefeltlike a littlebitmorecomfortable.
Askhimwhenarewegonnalikebreakapart?
Because I knowthatthefullmarathonislikeit's gonnagoseparatedirection, likeat a certaindistance.
So I said, like a mountainsoitwillreach, like, mild 10.
And I waslike, feeling a littlebitbetterandthink I hadthatsecondwindandwewere a littlebitlike, easierlikesectionsofthecourse. 00:06:58.810 --> 00:07:2.500 Itwas a littlebitflattered, and I feltgood. 00:07:2.510 --> 00:07:5.080 I waslike, running a littlebitbetter. 00:07:5.080 --> 00:07:10.740 Andthenalmostlike I wasset, makinglike a biggapfromhim.
And I justtoldhimlike I'm gonnapushmyself.
Thisisgonnabethelastfivegavetherace, andforme, thisislike a makeorbreak.
I thinkif I canmaybepushmyself a littlebitbetter, I think I canget a bettertime.
I toldhimlike I'm gonnapushmyself.
And I toldhim, likegoodluckinyourrace.
So I wasfeelinggoodbecausethatsectionwasactuallyprettyflatandthendropping 6 30 paysin, evenlikesixtwenties.
And I wasjustfeelinggoodbecauseitwasalmostlike, 10 milesoflike, grinding.
Andthenwhen, youknow, I feltthatflatsectionofthecourse, itfeltsogood.
Andthen I askedher, Arewedonewiththehills? 00:07:57.120 --> 00:08:6.950 Andthenshesaid, like, actuallysaid, Yeah, thisisbasicallyflatcourseforthefinishlineandshealsotoldmethatthere's gonnabe a littlebitdownhillintheend. 00:08:7.340 --> 00:08:13.340 Soithelpedme a lotbecauseofwhatyoutoldme, and I wasjustlike, keeppushingthebase.
I wasfeelinggood, andthensheactuallyliedtome.
Therewasstill, like, onemajorhilloftheend.
But I said, Itdoesn't matterbecause I'm gettingreallyclosetofinishingthisrace.
So I justgetpushingitpushing.
It's onlylikehalfofmyleft.
I think I gotsotiredfrom, likepushingthepaceandtheYeah, I was I wasexhausted, But I saidlike, uh, I'm gonnagetlike, a prettygoodtimeif I keepdoingthis S o.
I wasfeelingtiredand I shouldseeattheendofthefinishline, I almostpassedout.
It's because I alwaysdothatlike I'm nevertiredofhim.
Um, seetheclock.
I wouldjustlayeverything.
That's why I alwaysfeellike I'm alwaysgonnapassoutattheend.
Because I alwaysdothat. 00:08:58.740 --> 00:09:0.400 And I think, Yeah, Run. 00:09:0.400 --> 00:09:5.110 I thinkthelastfivegaylike 20 minutes, whichis, like, reallysolidfivegay. 00:09:5.480 --> 00:09:12.850 Soofficialtimeisonehour, 28 minutes, 22 seconds, whichislike a reallysolidPRforme.